Small- and medium-size businesses can now take advantage of Verizon's symmetrical FiOS Internet service, with speeds of up to 20 Mbps.

Verizon is also offering up to 50 Mbps download (with 20 Mbps upload) “at prices close to those charged by the ordinary service providers for slower, asymmetric access," said David Frendo, director of business voice and broadband services for Verizon.

Verizon has also increased the speed on its fastest business Internet plans and lowered prices by as much as 35 percent.

In Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island, small- and medium-size business customers can subscribe to 20Mbps/20Mbps service with a dynamic IP address for $99.99 per month; with a static IP address, the service is $139.99 per month.

In California, Delaware, Indiana, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and Washington State, small- and medium-size business customers can subscribe to 15Mbps/15Mbps service with a dynamic IP address for $99.99 per month; with a static IP address, the service is $139.99 per month.

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