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Verizon boosted top transmission speeds for an HD video service a...

Verizon boosted top transmission speeds for an HD video service almost 6-fold, to 1.49 Gbps from 270 Mbps. The rise came July 1, when the FCC cleared Verizon to sell the product, which uses Verizon’s fiber network, said Project…

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Mgr. Brian Wilson. It wasn’t publicized until this week (CD Aug 16 p12). The product lets broadcasters send video short distances with no compression, he told us. That prevents picture quality degradation, avoids the need for compression gear and limits chances of transmission delay, Wilson said: “Anytime you do a compression on the video, you are going to lose some of the quality of that signal.” The faster service costs about 10% more than the 270 Mbps product, he said.