Verizon FiOS is a service offered by Verizon that provides high speed internet, digital TV and digital phone service. Verizon FiOS services are delivered over a fiber-to-the-premises network using passive optical network technology.
Verizon FiOS is currently available in parts of California, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Washington D.C. Residents of Conneticut and South Carolina have much broader access to Verizon FiOS service than residents of other states, so long as they live within the city limits of larger towns and cities.
FiOS - Fiber Optic Technology
Verizon FiOS is the first major deployment of Fiber to the Premises (FTTP) in the United States.
To Server home, a single mode fiber optic cable is run to a fiber distribution hub at the neighborhood level where it can be split for up to 32 subscribers. When a consumer orders FiOS service, a fiber optic cable is run to their premises and terminated at an Optical Network Terminal (ONT).
There are few different ONT's being used by Verizon for FiOS installations. The most common is the 1600 series ONT manufactured by Tellabs. These ONT's provides a RJ45 Ethernet jack for data traffic, a coaxial terminal for TV signal distribution, and up to four telephone ports for voice.
