Last night I heard a small blip about Verizon rolling out fiber optic lines in New Tampa, I think, but they didn’t really go into much detail. I decided to scour to find more information about it, being I use Verizon DSL.

As it turns out, Verizon is indeed going fiber-optic with the new service being called Fios. Verizon will be offering three tiers of this service, 5 Mbps, 15 Mbps and 30 Mbps. From what I’ve read so far its cheapest package will be the same as its current DSL price, $34.95. Boasting that even the slowest Fios package will be able to deliver a 2 hour video in 15 minutes as opposed to an hour (an hour and a half in my personal experience).

Besides blazing speed, Verizon is looking to further expand their grip on the market by adding VoIP service and eventually television.

The project is underway in Texas, California, and (_drumroll_) Tampa Bay. Needless to say, I’m looking forward to this.