Verizon Internet plans a new “On Demand Video Service” for its non FiOS customers & is scheduled for release sometime in 2012. Verizon has produced several fairly significant supporters of late, the corporation’s FiOS (Fiber Optics) system, that provides broadband internet services to their customers, boasts a video on demand service accessible for either Smartphone or Personal computer users. Verizon is now aiming to move a step further & provide the very same high speed internet service to anyone across the Verizon Network, whether or not they currently have the Fiber Optics (FiOS) System.

Verizon Internet Service Planned Launch 2012

 

The new Verizon Internet Service is planned to launch sometime next year (2012), assuming of course, that the much publicized end of the world does not come to pass! So doom mongers aside, we’ll probably see similar offerings from many other cable and internet companies, in an attempt to hold their share of the market. The big question remains, will the new Verizon Internet Service actually work?

Verizon Internet presumably would not be planning this if they didn’t think it would work, that said, the company has either not thought this through properly, or has an ace up its sleeve & is simply waiting for the most opportune moment to show its hand. After all there is little point it giving your competitors more information than is absolutely necessary.

Will Network Capping Become An Issue..?

 

One of the problems that could arise is bandwidth capping. Even if a non FiOS connection had the speed to stream video on demand in this way, the amount of data that would involve could very quickly hit the bandwidth caps on fair use. A lot will depend on how the system is actually going to work.

Verizon may have to piggyback this new system on an already overworked & outdated infrastructure, in order to supply their video on demand service to customers that don’t already have Verizon’s FiOS. That’s going to cause issues for all the non-Verizon Networks on the same infrastructure & this is where the possibility of capping becomes a very real possibility.

The second issue, tied up with the first, is simple overcrowding. The more high speed internet use there is over a non FiOS system, the more overloaded & overcrowded the non FiOS systems will become. Bear in mind also that if Verizon Internet offers video on demand to non FiOS customers then there is probably going to be some re-pricing of packages in order to keep both packages attractive to consumers.

What The Future Holds

 

That said, Verizon’s plan is a clear attempt to corner a rapidly growing market & offer premium services to its regular customers as well as those that already use the FiOS system. Verizon Internet is clearly trying to lead the way for Cable & Internet provision and a new era of technological possibilities that are certainly impressive enough for all its customers to want access to them. If it can really roll out high speed internet with on demand video to non FiOS customers, then Verizon Internet will at least have gone some way towards achieving its goals.