Verizon unveils new high-speed home router

PROVIDENCE – Verizon customers can order a new FiOS Quantum Gateway router that the company says is capable of delivering wireless download speeds as high as 800 megabits per second.
The company, in a press release, said that with people increasingly depending on Wi-Fi for watching high-definition video, uploading photos and videos, working from home, video conferencing and more, the Wi-Fi router “may be the most essential yet overlooked technology in the home.”
This new router also will have the ability to support several devices and delivers “a whole-home network signal that ranks among the most powerful in the market to meet customers’ tech needs,” Verizon said.
The router was developed by Verizon and Greenwave Systems.
The FiOS Quantum Gateway features dual-band concurrent technology that separates high-bandwidth activities like HD video streaming and online gaming from lower-bandwidth data consumption. It can produce a signal that delivers download speeds up to 800 Mbps wirelessly – nearly 1 gigabit – and an unobstructed Wi-Fi range up to 325 feet. Its cost is $149.99.
“We are all bringing more Internet-connected devices into our homes and businesses,” Guru Pai, Verizon’s senior vice president and chief product officer, said in a statement. “The FiOS Quantum Gateway router enhances our customers’ ability to do everything they want – simultaneously stream videos, download and upload photos, support multiplayer gaming, and use multiple devices and enjoy content from anywhere in the home.”
Cox Communications and Full Channel, other cable service providers in Rhode Island, also are focusing on high-speed service for their customers. A Cox spokesperson said that Cox offers next generation wireless technology with a router that provides speeds up to 1,300 megabits per second, and that the company will have gigabit speeds in all of its markets by 2016.
Full Channel, the only local, family-owned broadband provider in the state, offers 1 to 10 gigabits per second (1,000-10,000 megabits) access over fiber as part of its enterprise business service.
“We are also always continually working to increase speeds for all service levels, residential and business,” Full Channel Labs president Levi C. Maaia said.
According to Verizon, the FiOS Quantum Gateway will be updated regularly to offer increased functionality and customer benefits. Future updates, which will be delivered seamlessly without the need for customers to do anything, include privacy and security access controls such as “guest” passwords, and device-specific access that, for example, gives users remote control of when a child’s screen time ends for the day.
Customers can order the new router, which costs $149.99, by visiting verizon.com/fiosquantumgateway.

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