PC Magazine Survey of Readers Finds FiOS Is Preferred Internet
Connection
NEW YORK, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- For the second year in a row,
Verizon's FiOS Internet service has been rated the best in PC Magazine's
reader survey of "The Best (and Worst)" ISPs in America.
Verizon High Speed Internet service also finished third in overall
score on the list of the best DSL providers rated by the magazine's
readers.
The survey, conducted between April 7 and May 14, 2008, asked PC
Magazine readers to rate their Internet service providers, including
fiber-based service, DSL, cable and satellite. The readers were asked to
evaluate their provider on 11 categories ranging from speed and reliability
to initial setup and overall rating.
"Unsurprisingly, the favored method to connect is
fiber-to-the-premises, as embodied by the Verizon FiOS service," the
magazine said in reporting its survey results. "The fast fiber hookup
received an 8.6 for an overall score -- the best rating of all the
broadband options."
Verizon's FiOS Internet also collected the highest score among all ISPs
for speed (9.0), reliability (8.7), initial setup (8.2), ISP-provided
e-mail (8.0) and likelihood of choosing ISP (8.7). Verizon FiOS Internet
was ranked No. 1 in the 2007 PC Magazine survey of Best and Worst ISPs.
"Finishing at the top of the chart among PC Magazine's readers two
years in a row is music to our ears," said John Wimsatt, Verizon vice
president for broadband marketing. "It reinforces something we've known for
quite some time -- FiOS is the best broadband service in America and the
world.
"But we're not about to rest on our laurels," he added. "We will
continue to expand the FiOS network, introducing to more consumers the
fastest, most reliable Internet anywhere, and deliver improvements and new
features for an already outstanding product."
Since the 2007 PC Magazine "The Best (and Worst)" survey, Verizon has
introduced its unmatched symmetrical FiOS Internet service with the fastest
upload speed (20 Mbps) offered anywhere, coupled with an equally fast 20
Mbps downstream speed. Also, Verizon in June expanded its super-fast 50
Mbps downstream FiOS offering to consumers in 10 more states.*
Earlier this year, Verizon FiOS Internet also was named a winner in PC
World Magazine's "The 100 Best Products of 2008," the second year in a row
the broadband service made that list.
Only Verizon delivers ultra-high-speed broadband straight to customers'
homes over the nation's most advanced fiber-optic network. The network
already reaches 10 million homes and business, and it will reach more than
18 million by 2010.
Verizon offers FiOS Internet to markets in California, Connecticut,
Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York,
Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and
Washington.
In July, Verizon reported that more than 2 million consumers and
businesses now use FiOS Internet as their connection to the Internet.
* NOTE: actual (throughput) speeds will vary based on factors including
computer configuration and network/Internet congestion.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ), headquartered in New York, is a
leader in delivering broadband and other wireline and wireless
communication innovations to mass market, business, government and
wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable
wireless network, serving nearly 69 million customers nationwide. Verizon's
Wireline operations include Verizon Business, which delivers innovative and
seamless business solutions to customers around the world, and Verizon
Telecom, which brings customers the benefits of converged communications,
information and entertainment services over the nation's most advanced
fiber-optic network. A Dow 30 company, Verizon employs a diverse workforce
of more than 228,600 and last year generated consolidated operating
revenues of $93.5 billion. For more information, visit http://www.verizon.com.
VERIZON'S ONLINE NEWS CENTER: Verizon news releases, executive speeches
and biographies, media contacts, high-quality video and images, and other
information are available at Verizon's News Center on the World Wide Web at
http://www.verizon.com/news. To receive news releases by e-mail, visit the News
Center and register for customized automatic delivery of Verizon news
releases.
|
