<i>Verizon has stopped building out FiOS to new areas beyond those it already has commitments to. They may never make their money back on it.</i><p>Given some of the deals they&#x27;re offering, I see why. I live in a FiOS area and was eager to get it... until I realized that RCN offered 330 Mbs down for substantially less: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.rcn.com&#x2F;330" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.rcn.com&#x2F;330</a>. FiOS is symmetrical, which is nice, but RCN is about $50 per month cheaper compared to FiOS, and upload speeds are not of critical importance to me. FiOS also has lower latency, but, again, the price delta is large.<p>My impression is also that Verizon makes money off FiOS, just not as much as it would like, but some searching hasn&#x27;t brought up any good data on it.