Verizon Launches 500 Mbps FiOS Tier
Google Fiber has inspired some competitors, such as Gigabit Squared in Seattle and VTel in Vermont. To compete with the new gigabit speeds
offered by ISPs, Verizon has unveiled its new 500 Mbps tier for FiOS. It's half the gigabit speeds that Google Fiber, VTel, and Gigabit are offering, but Verizon's not shy about charging an arm and a leg for the service.
Yup, whereas Google Fiber charges $70/month for its services, Gigabit Squared $80/month, and VTel $35/month, Verizon is asking $299.99/month from its customers, or $294.99/month from customers who sign up for a two year agreement. This high charge is to encourage customers to buy bundled plans, which charge $309.99/month for Internet and TV and $329.99/month for Internet, TV, and phone.
To be fair, most ISPs don't even offer comparable tiers, and those that do are asking for more. So, for those out of the coverage of any of the gigabit ISPs that are looking for high speed Internet may just have to live down paying the price.
Problem up here, too few companies offer net, cell, etc, so they can do what they want like ofer 175/175 and a 300GB cap.
Yeah I don't understand Bell Canada at all. I switched from them to my local cable company. Almost 2 years ago.
When they asked me why i was cancelling my service, I told them they were unable to offer me a service that suits my needs. He asked what my needs were and I told him, unlimited usage. I even told him I would be willing to pay more for it. He went off and asked his supervisor or whatever...comes back on the line and concedes that they are unable to offer what I need blah blah blah...
Horrible business model. I mean, it would have so simple for them too keep me as a customer. I went from paying taxes included, about $80/ month for bell 16/1 Mbit with 195GB cap to $60/month for 25Mbit UNLIMITED. I would have kept the slower speeds to avoid the hassle of switching ISPs had they JUST GAVE ME UNLIMITED USAGE!
My internet doesn't get over 1mb, I get about 700 kb/s on a good day. I love AT&T.
In the good ol' (rural) USA
Google is the only ISP (off of the top of my head) I know that doesn't have a data cap. I have a 150gb data cap with DSL.
Kansas City has Google Fiber though......