Cox vs Verizon Fios: Side by Side Comparison

Verizon Fios was one of the first companies to extend fiber. While Verizon sold large parts of their network to Frontier in 2015, Verizon Fios is still available in a handful of locations.

Unlike cable, Fiber to the Home services carry signal over fiber cables for the full distance to a subscriber’s house. Fios only changes to ethernet or coax inside your building.

FTTH plans offer much better speeds than DSL and cable.

If a home or business has already had Fios then you may be able to self-install WiFi service. For most consumers, technician install is recommended.

For customers who choose a technician install, a Fios installer will use fiber cables to wire your location to the Fios network. The techie installs an "ONT" (Optical Network Terminal) that switches the signal to your home's ethernet wiring to connect to the Internet. Depending on your location’s existing wiring, the techie may need to install ethernet lines in the wall to get you setup.