Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Verizon spends $200 in advertising alone per FiOS customer - FierceTelecom

May 18, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO (AdAge.com) -- It's been almost five years since Verizon wagered $23 billion to build Fios, the fiber-optic-service network that promised to upend the cable world. Since then, it has spent additional millions marketing it -- nearly $100 million last year alone. It's pulled out all the stops, even running a TV ad with jaw-dropping special effects featuring director Michael Bay, and a seemingly ubiquitous campaign that mocks a hapless cable installer continually outwitted by his counterpart at Fios. The tagline: "This is Fios. This is big..."