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Verizon boosts upload speeds for FiOS customers to match their download speeds

Posted on August 4, 2014

verizon-fios-logoIt has always been a sad fact of life that your broadband Internet upload speeds were a lot slower the speed at which you could download Internet content such as web pages, emails, photos, videos and such.

But if you have a Verizon FiOS fiber Internet connection, you can now kiss that annoyance goodbye.

Effective immediately, all new and existing FiOS customers will be able to upload data to the web just as fast as they can download it. This is a major development if you back up your computer’s data to the cloud, play interactive online games, or do just about anything else that requires the uploading of tons of data.  [Read more…]

New Bell Labs technology transmits data at a blazing 10 Gbps over copper wires!

Posted on July 11, 2014

copper-telephone-wireIt’s now common knowledge that fiber optic connections allow breathtaking Internet data speeds. It truly is an amazing technology.

Fiber cables are now being installed in many rural areas that were previously only served by traditional copper lines, but for practical reasons the fiber will stop at the nearest pole for many users.

This means that copper wires will still have to be used for the last few yards of the connection. Unfortunately that means those users will not be able to take full advantage of the speed delivered by the fiber lines.  [Read more…]






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