Verizon customers in six more Bucks County communities 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 many of its customers in the borough of Newtown, and the townships of Newtown, Lower Makefield, Middleton, Northhampton and Wrightstown. The new services currently are available to customers in the boroughs of Doylestown and New Britain and the townships of Buckingham, Doylestown, New Britain, Plumstead and Warwick. The company is offering three tiers of service with approximate downstream (download) speeds of up to 5, 15 and 30 Mbps (megabits per second).



While FiOS services are not immediately available to all customers in all locations, the services now are available to many Verizon customers in the Newtown area in the 215 area code whose phone numbers begin with the 497, 504, 579, 860 and 968 prefixes, and in the 267 area code with prefixes 685 and 757. Customers who want to determine whether they can order FiOS Internet Service can call 888-GET FIOS (888-438-3467) or visit Verizon's FiOS Web site at www.verizon.net/fios.

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