Cable Companies Facing Competition from Verizon FiOS
FIOS, Verizon’s fiber optic network, is causing cable subscribers to move from existing companies to Verizon. The speed and reliability of FIOS is superior to cable, for the same price.
Cable is offering free services and other incentives in response to the competition from FIOS, and they have implemented “boost” and metro ethernet technology. They are aiming to double the speed that they are offering now through new technology that is being developed.
This new technology would allow the cable companies to utilize their existing infrastructure and lines to provide the upgraded speed. The new system basically resides at the source of the communication at the cable company’s headquarters.
Many cable subscribers have complained that there were bandwidth caps or limitations put on their connections if they had sustained high usage over a few hours, but as of earlier this year these cable companies have removed this. Most people did not notice the change, and the move was directed at people abusing their online service by using shareware software.
The problem affected many customers, and trying to get the cap removed took a lot of effort and time on behalf of cable subscribers. There were also issues with heavy internet usage in neighborhoods which affected customer’s service, as well as issues with bad weather.
Going with FIOS alleviates this strife for most people since bandwidth is not an issue. The Fiber Optic networks that Verizon has laid out are almost limitless compared to the cable companies? coaxial copper networks.
Verizon fell behind with installation due to high demand, but the reliability has been for the most part, above average. The best part about the infrastructure being brand new is that there is little to no service interruption once the service is up and running.
Unless the Cable companies start changing out their older copper distribution equipment, FIOS will become the leading Internet connectivity provider. If and when ?John Doe Cable? does upgrade to newer cabling technology, it will cost them millions of dollars. Maybe if they replace all of the old copper, gather it all together, melt it down, and recycle it they can recover some of that money.
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