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Verizon Upgrades FiOS Broadband and Voice Network With G-PON Technology

Posted on: Wednesday, 9 January 2008, 09:00 CST

Verizon has said its technicians are upgrading FiOS with electronics to enhance the speeds, and thus the capabilities, of Verizon's all-fiber-optic FiOS broadband, video and voice network with gigabit passive optical network technology.

The new electronics is expected to increase the line-rate bandwidth on the Verizon fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network by four times downstream to the customer and eight times upstream back to the network. This provides the capability for future enhancements to Verizon's FiOS internet and FiOS TV products as new applications are developed and as customers demand more bandwidth.

Mark Wegleitner, senior vice president-technology at Verizon Telecom, said: "Verizon has already started to deploy gigabit passive optical network (G-PON) broadly across the company's FiOS system. The new equipment is being used in communities where Verizon is building FTTP for the first time. Already, our all-fiber network is proving that it can deliver faster Internet speeds."

Source: Datamonitor

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