FIOS baby!

BlueMDPicker
BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
edited April 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
Verizon just finished my fiber optic install. I have the whole house (5 PCs)wireless now, plus the phones are fiber once I hit the ONT. I ordered the (nominal) 5M/2M service and figured it might do 80-85% of that, which is fast. Just ran a speedcheck against speakeasy.net wireless from two floors away from the router and I'm getting:

Download Speed: 4981 kbps
Upload Speed: 1808 kbps

If I carried a notebook down there and hard wired it, I believe I'd hit, or exceed, the service rating. This is roughly 8 times faster than my former DSL setup. When I tested the phone service, I had to crank the handset volume down about 50%. It's that clean!

The install is top quality. I didn't get a vendor, I got a 19-year Verizon veteran who knows his ****. He put everything exactly where I wanted it in the service entrance room. Way cool!
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited January 2006
    Whoa! that's so cool. So, what's service of Verizon is this? I have Verizon DSL that I am sure it's a fraction of yours (speed wise).
    I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited January 2006
    Verizon FiOS. They did all the ground work in my neighborhood this summer. I've been bugging the hell out of them for a service ready date. I'm the first one they've installed on my street.

    $34.95/month (about double what I was paying for DSL)
    First month free
    Wireless router (D-Link) - N/C
    Installation - N/C (it was a 4-hour install!)
    Wall mounted 4 hour service rating UPS - N/C
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited January 2006
    Wow! That sounds like a pretty awesome setup!
    BlueMDPicker wrote:
    The install is top quality. I didn't get a vendor, I got a 19-year Verizon veteran who knows his ****. He put everything exactly where I wanted it in the service entrance room. Way cool!

    You got someone who knew what he was doing? That's certainly not the norm. You have a 'service room'? That sounds interesting...
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  • PhantomOG
    PhantomOG Posts: 2,409
    edited January 2006
    lucky... i can't wait for verizon to come to Austin.

    you didn't get cable as well? I've read the cable signal blows away regular cable like Time Warner and such.

    The prices are very good for what you get as well.
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited January 2006
    Thanks, Blue! I gotta checked 'em out.
    I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited January 2006
    PhantomOG wrote:
    lucky... i can't wait for verizon to come to Austin.

    you didn't get cable as well? I've read the cable signal blows away regular cable like Time Warner and such.

    The prices are very good for what you get as well.
    They will (sometime in the future) bundle DirecTV with it. I already have SAT DirecTV, and just got new receivers with an extended one year service contract (Verizon would have to install their own and DTV doesn't want to let me out of the year deal it seems), so I don't know if I'll end up switching anytime soon.
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited January 2006
    You suck, man... hardcore.

    I would've got for the 10mbit, tho... That's not much better than my current 5mbit cable service...
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
    edited January 2006
    Blue...I hate you man! ;)

    The company I work for in Annapolis had some 1 gigabit (yes, 1 gigabit /sec) commercial FIOS lines ran back to corporate in Columbia this past November. While they were doing the local install, I was chatting with the Verizon installer and he was telling me about the FIOS rollout.

    That 5m/2m service is only the start. Wait till the 20/10 and 30/15 services (approx) kick in. Imagine how many people will start running their own webservers right out of their own homes. Just hope Verizon doesn't throw a monthly bandwidth cap in there.

    Again, you SUCK Blue! I want FIOS!!!! :D

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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited January 2006
    I've had FIOS for over a year now and just recently got their TV service too. Much better PQ than satellite which I had before them. There's going to be enough bandwidth for numerous HD channels so it's only going to get better once HD picks off.

    15mbit/s download is great but I enjoy the 2mbit/s upload much more as they don't disallow this according to the service agreement I received: http://skylinegtr.go.dyndns.org/gallery2
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited January 2006
    nadams wrote:
    I would've got for the 10mbit, tho...
    I don't think so, if you saw the difference in pricing!
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited January 2006
    BlueMDPicker wrote:
    I don't think so, if you saw the difference in pricing!
    Mine is $45 for the 15/2. I think the 5/2 was $35. 30/5 was already priced too high, $200 IIRC.

    I think my total bill is a little over $100 with 3 TV receivers. Which BTW have digital outputs and Firewire connections etc. And since the uploads are done through the internet router I don't have to pay extra for not having a phoneline like with Dish.
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  • beardog03
    beardog03 Posts: 5,550
    edited January 2006
    outstanding..!
    great price too..

    my DSL cost`s twice that...
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,605
    edited January 2006
    I went for the 15m/2m. It really wasn't much more. My remote work phone(connected via IP) sounds great now. Only glitch was the first night after it was installed, been fine ever since.
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited January 2006
    I agree, in the grand scheme of things $10/month (30%) more isn't earth shattering. I guess I'm sorta' "subscribed out" with XM, Sirius, DirecTV, Unlimited LD, wireless and local phone service. :D
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