# Verizon Fios

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Verizon Fios and 9 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend Fios for fiber internet that feels fast and sufficient at home where it is available. The most common caveat is suspected throttling of streaming services like YouTube.

## Why people recommend it

- Good fiber service where available (2 comments): "I used to live in NYC and I was a few blocks from the Verizon datacenter downtown and one of the first to get direct fiber, FIOS. It was amazing." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48773915)) "where Fios is available, Verizon does an okay job with organizing fiber." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49454713))

## What people warn about

- Suspected throttling of YouTube and Netflix (3 comments): "I've had mixed results recently, with ping spikes and a lot of suspected traffic shaping of things like Youtube." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48771018)) "when you cheap out, they more severely throttle places like Youtube on the backend" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48424247)) "Did we forget how Verizon FIOS throttled Netflix" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48391074))
- No native IPv6 support (2 comments): "does not offer native V6, so yes, sadly I am forced to use a tunnel broker in 2026" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47337599)) "I lost IPv6 support because supposedly this newer ONT does not support it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46470781))
- Contract lock-in and broken service promises (2 comments): "Now, i'm still locked into the 3yr plan with Verizon but dont have the content I wanted." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46171662)) "a tech on a service call promised (lying) that the contents would sync to the new boxes" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49376563))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Starlink](https://hackerapproved.com/p/starlink.md): 547 recommend
- [Comcast internet](https://hackerapproved.com/p/comcast.md): 19 recommend
- [Google Fiber](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-fiber.md): 18 recommend
- [Andrews & Arnold](https://hackerapproved.com/p/andrews-arnold.md): 10 recommend
- [AOL](https://hackerapproved.com/p/aol.md): 9 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.verizon.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Verizon Fios", https://hackerapproved.com/p/verizon-fios/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).