Verizon last week surprised 20 Philadelphia families scheduled for installation of its fiber optic service FiOS on Valentine’s Day with flowers, chocolates and Verizon-labeled canvas bags.
The surprise visits from “FiOS Cupids” were part of a marketing and publicity campaign to highlight FiOS in parts of northeastern and northwestern Philadelphia. Verizon has been slowly rolling out its network in the city, now reaching a potential 1.1 million households.
Although Verizon has suspended expanding its fiber optic network into new communities, it is still working to complete network builds already committed before the project was suspended.
Verizon has until 2016 to complete its FiOS network in Philadelphia.