FiOS customers understand what Tom Cruise was talking about in Top Gun when he and Goose said “I feel the need, the need for speed!” because FiOS satisfies the “need for speed” in the same way that Maverick’s F-14 did - by delivering a consistently high-performance experience.
Today, the FCC released the results of its broadband performance test program conducted this past winter by the UK firm SamKnows. SamKnows and the FCC, with the cooperation of 13 US broadband Internet Service Providers (ISPs), have learned what FiOS customers already knew – that FiOS delivers blazing fast speeds – both download and upload – consistently, even during the busiest times of day. Nobody else is even close to matching FiOS’ upload speeds. And as for download speeds, consumers want a network that is always fast when they want to use it, one that doesn’t get bogged down during the busy hour. And today, the FCC’s report shows that FiOS delivers.
The report is available for you to read for yourself. Here’s our news release (link coming soon).
I recommend reading the whole report, but two charts say a lot. First, chart 11 below shows the consistency of sustained download speeds over 24 hours. As you can see, FiOS delivers its download speeds consistently all hours of the day.
The other chart worth pointing out, chart 9 below, shows what online gamers already know, that FiOS provides the lowest latency connections available.
I would like to commend the FCC for undertaking this effort. The staff worked tirelessly over the past year to conduct this test and produce this report. Their willingness to invite industry collaboration has produced a report that provides a solid, apples-to-apples comparison of broadband ISP performance in the US. And while we are especially proud of the results for FiOS, the report also shows that – unlike many other countries – most ISPs in the US do a good job of disclosing to consumers the speeds they should expect and then delivering something close to that speed. That’s something we can all be proud of!
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