Here’s where Verizon is building new Fios connections

Verizon is planning to build 500,000 new Fios passings in 2023 as it works to increase its overall footprint to 18 million locations. The company is “actively building” in all nine of the states where it already offers Fios service. Verizon has recently laid out plans to pass more than 70,000 new locations in Massachusetts, nearly 2,000 in Delaware, 1,500 in upstate New York, and 349 in Virginia. Verizon is both fleshing out coverage within its existing territory and “introducing Fios to areas where it was previously unavailable.” The build in Delaware that Verizon touted will be completed with more than $6 million in state-provided American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding and finished within 12 months. It appears to be related to the state’s Universal Broadband initiative, as part of which Verizon received $11.8 million in 2022 funding to reach around 3,000 homes. ARPA funding is also fueling Verizon’s build in New York, with the operator having received $11.1 million for an $18 million project in Onandaga County back in November. Elsewhere, Verizon also appears to be chasing grant funding for three Fios expansion projects in St. Mary’s County, Maryland.