Verizon customers in eight additional Massachusetts communities now can experience breathtaking high-speed Internet access as the company begins to offer its Verizon FiOS ^SM (FYE’-ose) Internet Service to homes here.

Verizon is rolling out the industry’s premier consumer broadband services to customers in Andover, Bedford, Belmont, Burlington, Hopkinton, Lynnfield, North Reading and Topsfield. The company is offering three tiers of service with approximate downstream (download) speeds of up to 5, 15 and 30 Mbps (megabits per second).

For more information about Verizon FiOS, see our Verizon FiOS category or our article, "Have you caught the FiOS fever?"



Verizon is delivering FiOS services over its new fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network, which the company is currently building in portions of Massachusetts and 13 other states. The company also is offering FiOS in Holliston, Reading and West Newbury, and will announce other areas as the service becomes available.

Customers who want to determine whether they can order FiOS can call 888-GET FIOS (888-438-3467) or visit Verizon’s FiOS Web site at www.verizon.net/fios.