Verizon Q3 '09: FiOS leads the wireline way - FierceTelecom

FiOS was the star of its wireline portfolio. During the third quarter, the telco reported that it added 198,000 new FiOS Internet customers and 191,000 net new FiOS TV customers, bringing it to a total of 3.3 million total FiOS Internet and 2.7 FiOS TV customers.

Overall broadband connections at the end of Q3 '09 were 9.2 million, an 8.5 percent year-over-year increase. Verizon's broadband gains fell shy of Stifel Nicolaus financial analyst Chris King's expectation of 250,000 for the quarter...