Internet service providers have been battling over who can discover the fastest and highest quality connection. As of now, Verizon internet service is paving the way on the infrastructure side of this highly competitive market. Their new fiber optic internet service, Verizon FiOS, provides speeds up to 15 Mbps. To put this into perspective, that is equal to 270 times faster than the speed of a dialup connection. High speed and performance is one of the most important requirements consumers have. So having newly laid fiber optic lines all the way to the home or business ensures both speed and reliability.

The expanding array of technological advances in the internet realm is amazing everyone. The battle over speed will be won in one of two ways. Either ISP’s have to lay new infrastructure like fiber optic wires or increase the capacity of existing cable and telephone lines. Novel has been testing new technology that is said to have the ability to double internet speed without having to touch existing lines. The United States is in great need of these technological advances in order to stay competitive with the rest of the world. So as long as we have open markets and encourage competition, pioneers like Verizon’s Internet Division will continue to help us become more productive.