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InternetNews January 4, 2006 Roy Mark	Verizon Cracks Maryland's Cable Market Verizon added another piece to its fiber-optic video market Tuesday when Howard County, MD, authorized the phone giant to begin offering its FiOS television service in the prosperous Washington, D.C., suburb.
InternetNews October 27, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Verizon Wants Motorola Gear Verizon has tapped Motorola for video network infrastructure and customer premises equipment related to the carrier's fiber-to-the-premises push, the companies announced today.
InternetNews March 31, 2005 Colin C. Haley	SBC Closes in on Video Strategy The regional carrier awards a $195M contract to Scientific-Atlanta, which will provide equipment, design and build video operation centers for SBC.
InternetNews December 22, 2003 Colin Haley	Verizon Weaves Fiber-to-Home Plan The telecom's effort to eliminate the last-mile slowdown advances with the selection of four more equipment vendors. Fiber-to-the-premises technology can transfer data at speeds up to 622 megabits per second to the user and 155 megabits per second to the network -- far faster than cable modems or today's DSL.
InternetNews October 29, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Verizon Mulls Local Line Sales Verizon Communications may divest millions of local phone lines as its fiber-to-the-premises and wireless businesses become more central to its long-term plans.
PC World October 2005 Michael Desmond	The Fastest Net Yet Ultrafast broadband services from phone and cable companies could speed up your downloads to 15 megabits per second or more.
BusinessWeek May 24, 2004 Steve Rosenbush	Verizon: Take That, Cable The nation's largest telecom provider is preparing to seek cable-TV franchises in parts of Texas and eight other states so that it can offer video in head-to-head competition with cable companies.
BusinessWeek November 1, 2004 Catherine Yang	Cable vs. Fiber In the long-running contest for the digital future, cable has been hitting home runs while the telecoms are just coming to bat. Now, the Bells are fighting back by offering video via phone lines.
Popular Mechanics May 2007 Erin McCarthy	Fiberoptic Broadband: Three Things You Need To Know Internet service providers and now running high-capacity fiberoptic lines to consumers' homes.
The Motley Fool October 4, 2006 Matthew Crews	Verizon's High-Fiber Diet More details emerge on the telco's fiber-optic service.
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InternetNews July 22, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Verizon Flies into VoIP Service VoiceWing takes the company to new heights in consumer VoIP market.
InternetNews September 7, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Verizon Heeds Need for DSL Speed The carrier adds a new DSL tier for consumers who work at home, play games or e-mail pictures and large files.
InternetNews October 27, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Comcast: What Fiber Threat? In recent months, regional telecoms Verizon and SBC have taken direct aim at cable giant Comcast, earmarking hundreds of millions of dollars for fiber-to-the-premises rollouts.
InternetNews December 23, 2004 Colin C. Haley	U.S. Broadband Lines Jump 15 Percent The number of home and business broadband lines in the United States jumped 15 percent to 32.5 million during the first half of 2004, according to new data released by the Federal Communications Commission.
InternetNews February 10, 2004 Colin Haley	Covad is Off to the VoIP Parade With all the competition in the space, why does the broadband provider think it has an edge among SMBs?
InternetNews January 29, 2004 Ron Miller	Broadband Poised for Takeoff The U.S. broadband market is set to double by 2008, according to a new Jupiter Research report.
InternetNews September 8, 2004 Colin C. Haley	VOD: Video-On-DSL? Alcatel and Concurrent debut a product to help telecoms counter cable. It combines network access and distribution gear with video server systems.
InternetNews March 26, 2010	Verizon Puts the Brakes on FiOS Build-Out Verizon says it has completed its plans for expansion, and while not ruling out further deployments, the firm doesn't have any more expansion plans at the moment.
InternetNews May 4, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Verizon to Enhance DSL Service Carrier plans to boost speeds and add VoIP to bundles to build on a record quarter for broadband sign-ups.
The Motley Fool August 2, 2006 Anders Bylund	Verizon Has a Plan Beset on all sides by traditional and nontraditional competition, Verizon is betting heavily on an increasingly digital and wireless future -- as it should. Investors, take note.
InternetNews June 7, 2005 Jim Wagner	Verizon Calls For Telecom Reform The rules should to be changed so telecoms can better compete with cable operators, says Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg.
InternetNews June 2, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Broadband Subs Pull Into Passing Lane The number of U.S. households with high-speed Internet connections is about to pass dial-up. That's welcome news for more than just ISPs.
InternetNews July 30, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Broadband Battles Bring Benefits Consumers see high-speed access rates drop as cable and DSL companies look to lock-in subscribers.
InternetNews November 11, 2004 Michael Singer	IP TV in 2005? Trying to wrest residential customers from cable rivals, SBC will launch TV over fiber by late next year, the regional telecom said today.
InternetNews January 10, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Comcast Answers VoIP Call Putting regional telecoms and startups on notice, Comcast today announced a major Voice over IP rollout for 2005.
InternetNews April 1, 2004 Ron Miller	SBC Cuts DSL Prices -- with a Catch SBC drops prices and raises download speeds -- and tosses in voice for a lower price as the competition for broadband customers intensifies.
InternetNews July 27, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Wireless, DSL Drive Verizon Profit Growth in two key areas offsets losses in telecom business... Carrier introduces consumer voice over IP... Makes fiber-to-the-home available and plans to offer TV/movie services over it.
InternetNews July 21, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Virginia is For Video Via Verizon The carrier is expanding its battle against cable operators with video-over-fiber offer.
Entrepreneur November 2004 Mike Hogan	Broadband Wagon Greater broadband connectivity is coming to a neighborhood near you. What will it mean for businesses?
PC Magazine April 6, 2005 Sebastian Rupley	Broadband Times Three Fiber-to-the-home service brings speeds many times faster than cable modems and DSL.
The Motley Fool April 14, 2008 David Lee Smith	The Case of Verizon vs. Time Warner Cable Verizon sues Time Warner Cable, claiming an ad misrepresents Verizon's fiber-optic services.
BusinessWeek March 20, 2006 Mark Morrison	Battling For The Eyes Of Texas Verizon's TV service is winning fans in a Fort Worth suburb. Will it sell nationwide?
InternetNews April 27, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Wireless, DSL Fuel VZ's Revenue Growth Business booms in two key areas, but pension and early retirement costs eat into Verizon's Q1 profits.
InternetNews May 19, 2004 Roy Mark	Broadband Policy Show Moves to House Lawmakers see the latest high-speed technology devices during a hearing on telecom regulation reform.
InternetNews August 29, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Verizon Co-Brands Windows Live Verizon and Microsoft deepened their alliance today, offering digital subscriber line and fiber optics service subscribers online services tied to Windows Live.
InternetNews June 16, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Verizon, PBS Toast IPTV Bid Verizon Communications announced a multi-year agreement with PBS to broadcast public television stations via its FiOS Internet TV service.
InternetNews May 31, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Texas Slows Bells' TV Plans In a blow to SBC and Verizon, Texas lawmakers this weekend adjourned without passing a bill designed to accelerate TV-over-fiber rollouts.
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InternetNews April 20, 2004 Roy Mark	Verizon: Old Rules Slow Broadband Rollout The competitive landscape has changed since 1996, but the law governing carriers hasn't, a Baby Bell exec said.
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InternetNews April 19, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Verizon Offers DSL Straight Up The carrier allows existing subscribers to switch to mobile or VoIP providers for voice service while retaining Verizon DSL.