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Verizon Fios internet service now available in parts of Hampton Roads

Posted at 2:34 PM, Jan 25, 2017
and last updated 2017-01-25 14:46:43-05

NORFOLK, Va. – Verizon has launched its Fios Instant Internet service in portions of Hampton Roads starting Wednesday.

Virginia residents in parts of Norfolk, Chesapeake, Newport News, Poquoson, Hampton, Portsmouth, Yorktown and Virginia Beach will be able to order Fios Instant Internet.

The service has equal upload and download speeds of 750 Mbps, according to a Verizon spokesperson.

“No Internet service provider has come close to offering upload and download speeds like these at such a massive scale as Fios Instant Internet,” said Ken Dixon, president of Verizon’s consumer landline business. “Ever since we decided to build the nation’s largest 100 percent fiber-to-the-home network 14 years ago, we’ve been saying that it is a future-proof technology. The future is now here with Fios Instant Internet.”

Click here to check if Fios is available in your neighborhood.