I’m so excited about Verizon big push for faster broadband. Verizon is going to allow some home users to purchase broadband plan which has 300 Mbps download speed and 65 Mbps upload speed. Nonetheless, did you notice I used the key words “some home users?” I’ve been waiting for Verizon FiOS in my area for a long time already, but so far only AT&T and Comcast are the two viable competitive choices for me. So, it’s exciting for me to see Verizon FiOS to allow 300 down and 65 up broadband speed (in Mbps of course), but it’s such a teaser for so many users who are not living in the areas where they can get Verizon FiOS. Arstechnica reported that Verizon 300/65 up/down FiOS with two year contract will cost around $204.99. Obviously, the latest and fastest Verizon FiOS speed is super cool, but the price is too expensive. Nonetheless, if you are going for Verizon FiOS 300/65 up/down broadband speed, you will not have any trouble of using the cloud for doing data backup. CrashPlan come to mind anyone? (I hate how most broadband connections allow super slow upload speed, therefore doing backup to the cloud is like watching a crawling of a snail. In my opinion, Verizon FiOS is the panacea to this pet peeve of mine.) Check out the video on Verizon soon to be the fastest broadband yet in U.S. right after the break.
Source: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/06/verizon-reveals-prices-behind-300mbps-fios-upgrades/
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