500,000 subscribe to FiOS TV, 1 million to FiOS broadband, says company

More than 1 million households and businesses across the country now receive Verizon FiOS service, the company said last week.

The Rich and Marjorie Bayer family of Massapequa, NY, is the one millionth customer to receive a FiOS Internet installation since the service was launched in August 2004. The family of five also receives voice service and FiOS TV over Verizon’s network.

According to the company, about 500,000 customers now have Verizon’s FiOS TV service in their homes. FiOS TV was introduced in September 2005. Both the FiOS Internet and FiOS TV milestones were passed during the second quarter of this year.

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