Verizon’s huge Fios expansion is coming soon, per CEO’s update

Verizon Fios is consistently ranked high in customer satisfaction, but the fiber internet service still has fairly limited availability in the US. Fortunately, that’s set to change soon thanks to a previously announced Verizon acquisition that will add 10 million new eligible Fios homes—here’s the latest update on the expansion.

Verizon could reach 10 million new Fios homes by the end of this year

On the latest episode of The Verge’s Decoder podcast, Nilay Patel interviews Verizon CEO Sowmyanarayan Sampath on a wide variety of subjects.

One noteworthy tidbit, however, had to do with Verizon’s planned fiber expansion.

Last fall, the company announced it was acquiring Frontier in a $20 billion transaction.

As you would expect with such a huge acquisition, closing the deal is taking some time.

But Verizon’s CEO shared an update with Patel about the current timing forecast, and what that means for Fios’ big upcoming expansion.

He says:

We bought Frontier, and we are going to close before the year’s end, or maybe in the first quarter of 2026. That’ll give us another 10 million homes. Nilay, we’re going to have a path to get to 40 million homes of fiber.

Until now, Fios has largely been available in the northeast. But with the Frontier acquisition, it’s going to be available much more broadly through the rest of the US.

As you can see from the map above, the Frontier acquisition will bring Fios support to significant new hubs all across the country.

Currently Fios is only available in nine states plus Washington D.C., and that’s growing after the acquisition closes to around 30 states. It’s a massive expansion that will hopefully bring all the benefits of Verizon’s current Fios offerings to many more households.

Are you interested in getting Verizon Fios after its expansion, or are you happy with your current provider? Let us know in the comments.

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