Verizon today began taking orders for Verizon FiOS TV from residents of Keller, Texas, one of the cities in which it has built a fiber-to-the-home network. The main offer includes 180 digital video and music channels for $39.95 a month.
More than 20 high-definition channels; nearly 600 video-on-demand titles; and a range of local and special-interest channels not found on most cable and satellite systems are also being offered.
A year ago, the company launched FiOS Internet Service in Keller, where today about 30 percent of eligible households have purchased the high-speed service.
Following the service rollout in Keller, Verizon will offer FiOS TV to additional households in Wylie, Sachse and Westlake, Texas, later this year. Those cities negotiated video franchises prior to the enactment of the state’s new franchise law. Verizon will then expand FiOS TV to cities in Florida, Virginia and California, where it has already obtained video franchises. In addition to Wylie, Sachse and Westlake, Verizon is planning FiOS TV deployment in other Texas communities, and it will offer the service in additional markets as it gets government approval to do so.
