Tag: FIOS

Well, we've got to hand it to Verizon. The company is now offering its contract-less "worry-free guarantee" option across almost all of its FiOS markets. New customers can now sign up for Verizon's Internet, phone and TV service without agreeing to a contract, which means they're free to decide month to month whether or not they want to stick with the service. Most impressively, Verizon will ...

As of now, there are tons of ways to enjoy online TV for free, or at least incredibly cheaply. YouTube, Joost, TV.com and of course the perennial favorite Hulu all offer full-length TV shows and clips for free. The networks made the move to these sites in hopes of stemming the growing popularity of pirated videos. Cable channels, however, have been less eager to share their property online. ...

Back in the old days of the Internet, when a 14.4 kilobyte-per-second dial-up connection was hot, providers charged by the hour -- a flat fee for a dozen or so hours' worth of time online and a couple bucks more for each additional. As Internet access became more popular, prices dropped and subscribers dumped such plans in favor of "all you can eat" packages, but it appears that Time Warner is ...

Verizon's FiOS service has already been putting the heat on cable providers in the ISP realm, offering blisteringly fast downloads and impressive upload speeds at prices comparable to most cable providers. Depending on where you live, you can nab a connection at speeds up to 50 megabits downstream and 5 megabits up. Many cable providers have begun to catch up with Verizon in the quest for the ...