Verizon Wireless has always been dedicated to seeking meaningful growth in the wireless sector. The competition has always been tough for the company. And many thanks to industrial competitors like AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile, because the company has started offering FiOS to its local phone service users in Boston, Massachusetts.
The company aims to provide this services to over 25,000 families and businesses in the city by the end of 2016.
How This Happened
The company had largely stopped expanding FiOS fiber for home phone service subscribers in the year 2010 and immediately shifted its focus on completing existing builds.
Verizon Wireless Announced:
Now the company changed its decision during the month of April 2016. The company clearly announced that they are focusing on fiber buildout throughout Boston on a large scale with the objective of replacing the copper lines used for delivering Internet, TV and Local phone services to customers.
According to the Sources….
“We are also in talks with other cities regarding the possibility of fiber rollouts. Moreover, the company is all set to schedule the Installation of FiOS on an immediate basis”, says Verizon Wireless.
The Possibility of Installation at This Point of Time:
According to Verizon, the service can currently be installed in the three areas mentioned below:
- Dorchester
- Roslindale
- West Roxbury
The service will reach Dudley’s Square Innovation District of Roxbury by the end of December 2016. The service will be expanded on a street by street basis in Dorchester, Roslindale, Roxbury and West Roxbury in the year 2017, says Verizon.
The Biggest Question:
In accordance with the joint announcement by Verizon and Boston city Officials, the estimated cost of this project is somewhere around $300 million. It will take almost six years for the replacement of Verizon Wireless’s infrastructure based on copper with state-of-the-art fiber optic network platform throughout the city.
How many of the local phone service subscribers in Boston will get a chance to buy FiOS service? This is a big and a very important question. The company has a license from the city. This license allows Verizon to avoid installation of service in Boston if it is “commercially Impracticable”.
It is possibly an Exception:
This is not applicable to public housing for low income residents. Most importantly, Verizon Wireless has not said anything about expanding after the company finishes wiring up the currently planned neighbourhoods. Now it will be very interesting to see the number of Boston houses getting fiber. The Boston city officials have asked Verizon Wireless to provide them with an estimate in this regard.
Final Words:
This decision of Verizon Wireless has sparked anger among government officials of various other cities. They have criticised Verizon for not servicing all home phone Service users. Customers in low income areas have particularly not been served by the company so far. A city-wide build-out in New York City is the best example of that. The build-out in New York City did not reach all of the home phone service subscribers.