Verizon sells fixed broadband internet (up to 2 Gbps on Fios, 300 Mbps on 5G Home), TV, and telephony directly to residential consumers and businesses nationwide (Source), (Source),, (Source).
Verizon builds and owns its own FTTP fiber-optic, legacy copper, and 5G wireless infrastructure (Source), (Source).
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About
Formed in 2000 from the Bell Atlantic-GTE merger (roots in 1983 AT&T breakup), with major milestones including Fios FTTP launch in 2005 reaching 15M+ passings by 2025, nationwide 4G LTE rollout in 2010, 5G Ultra Wideband deployment starting 2019 covering 250M people by 2024, $20B Frontier acquisition approved May 2025 adding 2.5M fiber customers, and ongoing copper retirement targeting 8M fiber migrations by end-2025 (Source), (Source), (Source), (Source).
Operator Characteristics
Retail-only ISP?
No
Verizon is not retail-only; it builds and operates its own physical networks in addition to retail sales, while providing wholesale access (Source), (Source).
Wholesale-only Network Operator?
No
Verizon is not wholesale-only; it sells retail directly to residential and business end-users via Fios and 5G Home (Source), (Source).
Business-only ISP?
No
Verizon is not business-only; it offers services to both residential consumers via home plans and businesses via dedicated enterprise solutions (Source), (Source).