Verizon is actually expanding FiOS again, with new fiber in Boston

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For a few years, it seemed pretty clear that Verizon wouldn't be expanding its fiber-based FiOS network.

That changed today with an announcement from Boston, Massachusetts that Verizon will be "replacing its copper-based infrastructure with a state-of-the-art fiber-optic network platform across the city." Verizon will invest more than $300 million in the project over six years, and the city will provide expedited permitting to speed things along.

"[T]he project will begin in Dorchester, West Roxbury and the Dudley Square neighborhood of Roxbury in 2016, followed by Hyde Park, Mattapan, and other areas of Roxbury and Jamaica Plain," Mayor Martin Walsh's announcement said.

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