Verizon’s huge Fios expansion is coming soon, per CEO’s update

Verizon Fios is consistently ranked high in customer satisfaction, but the fiber internet service still has fairly limited availability in the US. Fortunately, that’s set to change soon thanks to a previously announced Verizon acquisition that will add 10 million new eligible Fios homes—here’s the latest update on the expansion. Verizon could reach 10 million new Fios homes by the end of this year On the latest episode of The Verge’s Decoder podcast, Nilay Patel interviews Verizon CEO Sowmyanarayan Sampath on a wide variety of subjects. One noteworthy tidbit, however, had to do with Verizon’s planned fiber expansion. Last fall, the company announced it was acquiring Frontier in a $20 billion transaction. As you would expect with such a huge acquisition, closing the deal is taking some time. But Verizon’s CEO shared an update with Patel about the current timing forecast, and what that means for Fios’ big upcoming expansion. He says: We bought Frontier, and we are going to close ... Read full article.