Verizon is an American broadband and telecommunications company, created in 2000 when Bell Atlantic merged with GTE. Since that time, Verizon has consistently ranked nationally among the top-tier of companies for leadership, service, diversity and innovation. Among the products and services Verizon offers are wireless calling, high speed internet/DSL, VoIP, television, data networking and conferencing. They offer bundled packages to reduce costs of these services when Verizon is the provider for all of them. In addition, Verizon offers specialized service packages tailored to small, medium, large and global businesses. Verizon High Speed Internet (Verizon DSL) services feature incredibly fast connection speeds, upload and download rapidity via their unique FiOS technology. Service can be purchased stand alone or in a telephone, cable, and internet bundle.