Verizon assails cable with amped upstream - Telecom News Analysis

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) has rolled out a handful of new initiatives to get consumers to "dump cable," including speedier FiOS Internet tiers, tech giveaways for new subscribers who sign up for service bundles, and two new "hyper-local" video channels.

Although Verizon's speed upgrades take the downstream into account, the latest tiers emphasize a speedier upstream and target cable's historic challenges in this area...