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Enhanced "FiOS Digital Voice Service" For Verizon FIOS Customers.

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Verizon announced today that it is bringing FiOS Digital Voice to it's FIOS (advanced all fiber-optic network) customers. The FiOS Digital Voice offers industry leading features such as live voice mail screening, advanced online call manager, and caller ID on TV! I think I also like the Locate Me feature, because I do not like to give all my phone numbers to everyone.
Speaking on the occasion, Eric J. Bruno, vice president for Verizon consumer product management and development said

 "FiOS Digital Voice sets the standard in the same way that FiOS TV and Internet have, by offering features that others only hope to offer, Subscribers get more free calling features than cable, delivered with the trusted reliability of our advanced all-fiber network, and they get it all from a company with long-standing expertise in delivering superior phone service."

FiOS Digital Voice is now available in the FiOS markets in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Florida, Texas, Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Delaware, Pennsylvania and California.

The Verizon's At Home Blog has more information.
Press release;

NEW YORK – June 3, 2010 –

Verizon FiOS customers now have an enhanced digital phone service - FiOS Digital Voice - to go with the ultimate broadband and home-entertainment experience. 
Designed specifically for Verizon's advanced all-fiber-optic network, with a brilliantly clear sound quality, FiOS Digital Voice has 21 industry-leading features including live voice-mail screening, an advanced online call manager and Caller ID on TV.  Many of these features are not available with the traditional Freedom Essentials voice service.
"FiOS Digital Voice sets the standard in the same way that FiOS TV and Internet have, by offering features that others only hope to offer," said Eric J. Bruno, vice president for Verizon consumer product management and development.  "Subscribers get more free calling features than cable, delivered with the trusted reliability of our advanced all-fiber network, and they get it all from a company with long-standing expertise in delivering superior phone service."
FiOS Digital Voice is now available in the FiOS markets in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Florida, Texas, Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Delaware, Pennsylvania and California. 

More Features, Flexibility and Control

An easy-to-use, online account-management tool is a key element of FiOS Digital Voice, enabling customers to conveniently use a broadband-connected computer to access and manage the service's integrated features.   Customers also have the option to add another FiOS Digital Voice line, with its own assigned number and all the same features, for $9.99 a month.  It's a great addition for families and others who would like a second voice line in their home.
Other FiOS Digital Voice features include:

• Live Voice Mail Screening - Not available from cable, this feature gives users the option to hear voice mail messages as they arrive and then decide whether or not to take the incoming call.
  
• Call Logs - Lists the caller name, telephone number (if available), date, time-of-day, location and duration of every incoming and outgoing call. Users can easily transfer contact information directly into their FiOS Digital Voice personal address book.
  
• Caller ID on TV - Enables FiOS TV customers to see incoming caller ID information displayed for several seconds in the corner of their TV screen.  They can decide to pause their TV programming to answer the call or let it go into their FiOS Digital Voice mailbox.  The feature can be turned on or off from the customer's set-top box.
  
• Locate Me - Customers can program up to three numbers where they might be reached when not at home, and incoming calls will ring at each of those numbers, one at a time.  Unanswered calls are sent to voice mail.

Details about many of the other FiOS Digital Voice features - including Simultaneous Ring, Do Not Disturb, Voice Mail with E-mail Notification and Virtual Numbers - are available at Verizon.com.
"FiOS Digital Voice gives customers greater customization, flexibility and control over how, when and where they communicate," said Bruno. "The immense capacity of our advanced fiber network means we can add even more new features in the future."
Like traditional phone service, FiOS Digital Voice allows users to reach their local emergency services by simply dialing 911.
New customers who sign up by July 24 for FiOS quad- or triple-play bundles that include broadband, TV and FiOS Digital Voice also will receive a guaranteed monthly rate for two years.  Starting at $99.99 a month for a triple-play bundle of FiOS TV Prime, FiOS Internet with 15 Mbps (megabits per second) downstream and 5 Mbps upstream and FiOS Digital Voice, the new service bundles are attractive to budget-conscious families and anyone who wants the assurance of knowing how much it will cost each month for TV, Internet and voice services.  Other triple- and quad-play bundles with FiOS Digital Voice are available with 24-month price guarantees; many include options for a multi-room DVR free for three months and certain movie channels also available free for three months as part of the two-year plans.
For the latest on Verizon FiOS, visit http://www.verizon.com/athomeblog.

Verizon Enhances Broadband Services With Free Wi-Fi

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Verizon is offering its broadband customers with free WiFi services through hotspots in their communities as well as they travel, provided that the WiFi service is available. The service will go into effect July 27, 2009, today.
"Wherever they go - across town or across the country -- Internet users today want the freedom and flexibility of staying connected online whenever they want," said Mike Ritter, chief marketing officer for Verizon Telecom. "In addition to providing in-home broadband networks and the nation's most reliable 3G wireless network, we're now offering even more connections with fast, free Wi-Fi that customers can use in their local communities and when traveling across the country."

New Verizon FiOS Internet customers with 25/15 Mbps or faster connection, And new HSI customers who get 3 Mbps/768 Kbps or 7.1 Mbps/768 Kbps connection, can connect to the new Verizon Wi-Fi hot spots, at no additional charge as part of their broadband service.

The new Wi-Fi service is also available free of charge for existing FiOS Internet customers with up-to-20 Mbps or faster packages and existing HSI customers who have either an up-to-3 Mbps or up-to- 7.1 Mbps package.

NEW YORK, July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon continues to enhance its broadband service capabilities for consumers to offer competitive advantages over rival communication providers.

Since the beginning of the year, Verizon has introduced faster downstream and unprecedented upstream speeds for its all-fiber-optic FiOS Internet service; expanded the reach of its digital subscriber line-based Verizon High Speed Internet (HSI) service; and started offering mini netbook computers to customers as part of select bundle promotions.

And starting Monday (July 27), the company will expand Internet connection capabilities for millions of Verizon broadband customers by providing them free access to thousands of Wi-Fi connections across the U.S., reflecting the company's sharp focus on developing and deploying broadband and entertainment services.

"Wherever they go - across town or across the country -- Internet users today want the freedom and flexibility of staying connected online whenever they want," said Mike Ritter, chief marketing officer for Verizon Telecom. "In addition to providing in-home broadband networks and the nation's most reliable 3G wireless network, we're now offering even more connections with fast, free Wi-Fi that customers can use in their local communities and when traveling across the country."

New Verizon FiOS Internet customers who order an up-to- 25/15 Mbps(* )(megabits per second) or faster connection, or new HSI customers who order an up-to- 3 Mbps/768 Kbps(*) (kilobits per second) or up-to- 7.1 Mbps/768 Kbps(*) connection, can connect to the new Verizon Wi-Fi hot spots, at no additional charge as part of their broadband service.

The new Wi-Fi service is also available free of charge for existing FiOS Internet customers with up-to-20 Mbps or faster packages and existing HSI customers who have either an up-to-3 Mbps or up-to- 7.1 Mbps package.

Free Verizon Wi-Fi hot spot locations include hotels, airports, restaurants, coffee shops, retailers, convention centers and public locations across the U.S. For a list of hot spot locations, visit www.verizon.net/hotspots.

"Our new free Wi-Fi connections are an ideal complement to our current netbook promotion that really enhances the value and functionality of the netbook," said Ritter. "We're making it more enticing for customers to want to use Verizon broadband services by giving them the mobility tools they need to stay connected more often and in more places."

Wi-Fi Access Made Easy For Verizon Broadband Customers

Qualifying FiOS Internet and HSI customers can log on to www.verizon.net and use their Verizon username and password to download software for free Wi-Fi access at the Verizon hot spots.

Verizon broadband services are available to more than 25 million homes in parts of 24 states and the District of Columbia.

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SOURCE Verizon

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Verizon FiOS Digital Voice To Strengthen Triple Play

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Verizon is looking forward to deploy FiOS Voice in 2009 to more markets. FiOS Digital Voice has been in limited deployment since September, in Virginia and Maryland. Starting early next year, Verizon will begin marketing the voice-over-IP service to new customers across the 14 states where it offers FiOS TV and Internet services.

FiOS Digital Voice, which is similar to voice services provided by cable companies like Comcast, provides customes with standard features like caller ID and voicemail, and web based messaging. Going beyond the traditional phone services, FiOS Digital Voice provides scheduled call-forwarding (also known as “follow me”), the ability to ring multiple phone numbers simultaneously (e.g., both home and mobile phone), phone-book synchronization and click-to-dial.

“These are voice services we have been lacking,” Gonzalez said. “We think this will be a real enhancement to voice service.”

Where will the Vonage and the likes will go? Doug Mohney at Fierce VoIP has some ideas.

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