Verizon Partners With Boston for All-Fiber Network
Verizon will partner with Boston to replace its copper network with fiber, Verizon and Mayor Martin Walsh (D) said in a news release Tuesday. Under the partnership, Verizon will invest $300 million over six years. The project is to start…
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this year in Dorchester, West Roxbury and the Dudley Square neighborhood of Roxbury, followed by Hyde Park, Mattapan, and other areas of Roxbury and Jamaica Plain, Verizon said. The city and Verizon will take votes from locals to prioritize neighborhoods for the buildout, Verizon said. The city agreed to an expedited permitting process, it said. The partnership is also expected to enhance wireless services in Boston because it allows Verizon to attach wireless equipment to city street lights and utility poles. The city also will begin a cable TV licensing process so Verizon can offer Fios TV service in Boston, Verizon said. "Boston is moving faster than our current infrastructure can support, and a modern fiber-optic communications platform will make us a next-level city,” Walsh said. “It is a priority to ensure that every resident has expanded access to broadband and increasing competition is critical to reaching that goal.”