Summary
It's the fastest connection to the Internet ever piped into American homes. It's a multibillion-dollar gamble that includes plans to piggyback television and telephone service.
And it's coming to New Jersey.See the full content of this document
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N.J. In Line for Speedy Fiber Optics
That makes 13 states where Verizon workers are digging up streets, installing boxes on phone poles and replacing traditional copper phone lines with thin glass fibers that transmit data at the speed of light.
The new product, dubbed FiOS (fiber-optic service), is capable of delivering super-fast Internet access at speeds that can easily surpass cable. Think of a stream of water: If a cable modem is a garden hose, fiber is Niagara Falls.With this enormous capacity, Verizon later this year plans to offer a level of TV service it hopes will tantalize and amaze - and get you ...See the full content of this document
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