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Verizon: FiOS Access For Other ISPs in the Works

Posted by timothy on from the fiber-to-the-premises-win-the-argument dept.

Ant writes "According to Broadband Reports' story, 'Verizon has confirmed the claim made by a DSLExtreme representative here last week that the company has plans to offer other ISPs access to its new fiber-to-the-premises network.' A Verizon spokeswoman is quoted as saying, 'A couple of deals have already been signed and more are in the works.'"

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  1. The two ISPs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    AOL and MSN.

  2. Heck yea! by episodic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now slashdot will render in a tenth of a second rather than an eighth of a second like it does now! It is indeed a great day.

    1. Re:Heck yea! by joebagodonuts · · Score: 2, Funny

      I thought everyone read /. at work...
      My bandwidth at home is reserved for porn.

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      "Give a woman two glasses of wine and some pad thai, and they'll agree to just about anything." the Sports Guy
    2. Re:Heck yea! by chrisgeleven · · Score: 2, Funny

      Just think if they ever actually optimized the HTML/CSS in Slashdot to get rid of tables!

      *Drool*

    3. Re:Heck yea! by ZagNuts · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yes, but then the firefox slashdot render error would occur 25% more often!

  3. Re:FiOS by LokieLizzy · · Score: 5, Funny
    But the promise of 15mbps, which is nearly 4x what I get now; and the major thing, 2mbps up, is really, really enticing.

    Why would you need 2mbps up, and 15mbps down? You wouldn't be sharing copywrighted music, would you?

    Signed,

    Your friendly neighborhood

    RIAA Agent.

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    My digital rights don't need management.
  4. Wait a minute?! by ravenspear · · Score: 5, Funny

    Verizon would suck as an ISP, as would AOL a network provider.

    Are you implying by that statement that AOL does not suck as an ISP?

  5. Re:FiOS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Why would you need 2mbps up, and 15mbps down?

    Silly friendly neighbourhood RIAA Agent, I need 15mpbs down for porn!

  6. Re:Can't wait... by iowannaski · · Score: 4, Funny
    If you live in an apartment complex, you should get free internet access.

    Look for an open WiFi AP named "linksys."

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    i forget