IP Democracy: FiOs is Going Gangbusters in Keller, Which May Bode Nothing

Business Week has this item about Verizon’s FiOs TV service in Keller, TX and how the locals down there are flocking to the telco-delivered TV service. But, as the article points out, Keller is not a typical market and may offer no lessons about how well Verizon will fare with its FTTP-based service in other markets.

Keller is an affluent, new development with a relatively weak cable operator (Charter Communications, which hasn’t yet launched voice services in the market but plans to do so this month). Moreover, the town’s residents are all atwitter about being a video experiment of sorts, which surely drives up the take-rate. Verizon contends that it has captured 20% of the video market in Keller since it launched last year.

Posted by Cynthia Brumfield on March 14, 2006 12:22 PM to IP Democracy