The second largest telephone company in the United States, Verizon (News - Alert) Communications, Inc., has announced it will take steps towards edging out the internet services offered by cable companies by doubling the speed of their existing FiOS internet broadband service.

Verizon will now have a service that offers its subscribers a maximum of 300 megabits per second and will also offer four additional speeds below that. The pricing structure for these various Internet services will be announced in June.

The previous ceiling for Verizon internet was 150 megabits, a speed that had already established them as a leader in the Internet service industry. Comcast (News - Alert) Corporation, the largest cable provider in the United States, only offer their customers a mere 105 megabits per second, which, juxtaposed with Verizon’s 300, seems a snail’s pace.

The new maximum level will allow users to run more devices on the Internet at any given time, run larger applications, and not be bogged down in lag time. Verizon says that the higher speeds will benefit those customers who stream high definition videos, those who play multi-player video games, and those who use their tablets in conjunction with their home computers or laptops.

Despite the impressive nature of Verizon’s unprecedented speeds, there are some analysts who say the average home user will not see a notable difference in the increased speed, despite the fact that the megabits have significantly increased. The nay saying analysts argue that once you surpass 50 megabits per second, it becomes more of a marketing ploy and an appeal to the corporation’s ego, giving them the bragging rights of having the fastest available Internet. 

Unless your family is straight out of Cheaper by the Dozen or you are an avid gamer, chances are you will not notice the increase in speed, as it takes running very large programs, downloading enormous media files, or running many computers at once before this difference is noticed.