This is BIG this is FIOS

mantis

Whats up people?
Today is the day I got rid of Comcast and switched to FIOS from Verizon. I have been waiting over 2 years for there service to enter our neighborhood and finally they did.
I got a pure fiber line ran into my basement. It looks like a thick optical cable and then inside the box it looks like a thin optical cable. There is a digital converter in there and phone service. Pretty cool.
The Installer had to run the fiber underground, they laid a conduit prior to coming out and all he had to do is run it. While he did all the outside work, I handled the inside work for him. I hung his box and moved mine down.
Internet speed tests are in the 24 meg range, that is much faster then Comcast was which was 11 megs and sometimes only 8 or 9 depending on the time of day.
I got DVR's in my familyroom and masterbed. The media center is in the familyroom and is suppose to stream dvr content to the other one but it has to be a NON DVR. That sucks **** as I want 2 DVR's and want them to stream both to each other. Not possible right now. I'm writing a letter to Verizon on how to make there service even hotter then it already is. I could just use one and access it in the masterbed but then I'm limited to storage space and only can record 2 shows at a time. There are times that there are 3 shows recording at the same time so this is why I wanted 2 DVR's and I also have more storage space. They also need to to have a Hard Drive on the network so there needs to be no hard drives in the box itself. They have much to learn. Better then comcast but not where I'd like them to be.

I am happy with everything anyway. Here is a shot of the basement install I did.

joeparaski

Holy crap that's fast!

Joe

mantis

joeparaski wrote: »

Holy crap that's fast!

Joe

I was told I could get up to 50 megs but it costs more. 24 is smokin fast for now. When they start streaming Blu ray quality video and audio from the internet then even faster speeds are going to be needed. Thats what I want in the future. All streaming everything. That would be hot.

gtu2004

damn. trying to keep it up while waiting for **** to load is much easier with this

Conradicles

As soon as this hits my area it is mine. Charter cable will be dropped like a hot ****.

Mantis, who makes the DVR's?

mantis

Conradicles wrote: »

As soon as this hits my area it is mine. Charter cable will be dropped like a hot ****.

Mantis, who makes the DVR's?

Motorola just like Comcast.

Serendipity

How much does this cost a month?

Currently have Basic Cable, Internet, and Phone for around $66 INCLUDING taxes and other fees!

thsmith

mantis wrote: »

Motorola just like Comcast.

I have FIOS internet but that crappy DVR is what is keeping me with Direct. Fios scan rate is the highest but why do they have to stick with Motorola. I did hear Verizon may be working with TiVO. I would be there in a minute.

I need at least 100 hours of HD DVR storage.

mantis

Serendipity wrote: »

How much does this cost a month?

Currently have Basic Cable, Internet, and Phone for around $66 INCLUDING taxes and other fees!

It's 95 a month but thats 2 DVR's and HD for the first year. It will go up to 150.00 a month afterwards. I was paying 202.00 a month with Comcast.

mantis

thsmith wrote: »

I have FIOS internet but that crappy DVR is what is keeping me with Direct. Fios scan rate is the highest but why do they have to stick with Motorola. I did hear Verizon may be working with TiVO. I would be there in a minute.

I need at least 100 hours of HD DVR storage.

Here is what they need to do.

1) Forget having hard drives in the boxes, it's a waste they get hot and they are small drives.

2) Use a Network hard drive like a 1 or 2 Terabyte and have all boxes able to store all recording's there.

3) Tivo would be cool. There interface is the best in the business . They started it and still have the best. Love em.

4) They have the ability to watch and start in another room but have that so anyone can watch it from any tv in the house while it's playing or start it over without stopping the other streams.

It's a small wish list but right now the market is ready to explode with coolness and I know exactly how it should be.

DeusExa

http://www.fiberexperts.com/los-angeles-county.html

Do I have to move to f---- Malibu...? -.-

concealer404

thsmith wrote: »

I have FIOS internet but that crappy DVR is what is keeping me with Direct. Fios scan rate is the highest but why do they have to stick with Motorola. I did hear Verizon may be working with TiVO. I would be there in a minute.

I need at least 100 hours of HD DVR storage.

I think i have well over 100 hours of HD DVR storage with my service. Right now i've got somewhere around 150 HD shows recorded, and that's including quite a few movies.

U-verse is pretty cool.

wallstreet

FiOS is the future for Verizon's profitability. They've bet the bank on it. Virtually everyone that signs up goes for the double play TV and Internet. FiOS voice will be rolling out soon but all of those lines will just be cannibalization from the copper business. I wish I could get it but I'm in an AT&T neighborhood. I tried uVerse but it has audio problems for the digital outputs.

Amherst

mantis wrote: »

Here is what they need to do.

1) Forget having hard drives in the boxes, it's a waste they get hot and they are small drives.

2) Use a Network hard drive like a 1 or 2 Terabyte and have all boxes able to store all recording's there.

3) Tivo would be cool. There interface is the best in the business . They started it and still have the best. Love em.

4) They have the ability to watch and start in another room but have that so anyone can watch it from any tv in the house while it's playing or start it over without stopping the other streams.

It's a small wish list but right now the market is ready to explode with coolness and I know exactly how it should be.

1-Disagree here why purchase a separate drive? Just put the two banger inside.
2+4 the dvr already networks out to the other set-tops in the house and is a central repository.
3-Never ran tivo but verizon guide is terrible and a jump backward from my prior dish net dvr.

Sherardp

1st off congrats on going fiber Mantis. I've had fiber for about 3 yrs now here. Not to derail your thread bro, but I really don't get why you guys are paying such a premium in the US for fiber. I signed up around Dec time frame for a true 1Gig fiber line and am now waiting for them to get to me. Fiber is awesome in everyway, enjoy it bro. My current fiber line is 100meg and like you I have two small boxes ( one that the actual fiber wire runs in and the converter box). Here's my speedtest results.

leroyjr1

Sherardp wrote: »

1st off congrats on going fiber Mantis. I've had fiber for about 3 yrs now here. Not to derail your thread bro, but I really don't get why you guys are paying such a premium in the US for fiber. I signed up around Dec time frame for a true 1Gig fiber line and am now waiting for them to get to me. Fiber is awesome in everyway, enjoy it bro. My current fiber line is 100meg and like you I have two small boxes ( one that the actual fiber wire runs in and the converter box). Here's my speedtest results.

That's fast

mantis

Sherardp wrote: »

1st off congrats on going fiber Mantis. I've had fiber for about 3 yrs now here. Not to derail your thread bro, but I really don't get why you guys are paying such a premium in the US for fiber. I signed up around Dec time frame for a true 1Gig fiber line and am now waiting for them to get to me. Fiber is awesome in everyway, enjoy it bro. My current fiber line is 100meg and like you I have two small boxes ( one that the actual fiber wire runs in and the converter box). Here's my speedtest results.

I heard about Japan and there extremely fast fiber network . Thats incredible speed. My goal is to have enough bandwidth to stream Blu ray quality video and HD audio. I'm not exactly sure what that would require. I know HDMI cables can handle up to 10.2g per second.That might be the magic number.

Dude 1g line WOW , I can get up to 50 megs here but it's a premium to get it.

Serendipity

mantis wrote: »

It's 95 a month but thats 2 DVR's and HD for the first year. It will go up to 150.00 a month afterwards. I was paying 202.00 a month with Comcast.

Wow that's expensive! We used to be on a triple play package which was $102 a month (including taxes), then downgraded to basic cable which has internet, phone, and local channels.

How much would it be with just 1 box, Basic TV, Internet and Phone service?

mantis

Lasareath wrote: »

I got Fios here in NJ at my new house around 6 months ago, Getting around 31Megs

I have (1) DVR, all the channels they have, I think 1975 channels and the High Speed Internet, No phone for $130.75 per month

With Comcast I had the Boost internet and two DVR's and I was paying $231 a month!, saving $1200 a year, that's half a Mortgage payment!

Thats exactly why I switched. Comcast channel for channel is more money. Verizon is cheaper and as good and better in a lot of places. I love the fiber right in my basement.

concealer404

Arg. Must... tweak... to get last couple points...

Sherardp

Hey Mantis,

Are you running fiber throughout the whole house or just in the basement. If I were you I would run that into a 16 or 24 port switch and have drops in each room. From there run your wireless router in the mix and you have one heck of a network.

I did this with my own setup, installed a 8 port switch in the HT and living room. Each room has access to the fiber line for internet. I can be on Xbox 360, downloading music, have the HD internet cable playing and the connection never bogs down.

Also does Verizon or other companies offer Hi Def internet cable? I have this service out here. It's true HD streaming over internet using HDMI into my plasma and LCDs. It's a new service here called Hikari TV.

dudeinaroom

pffff you wanna see speed

all day everyday.

nadams

I wish I could even just get 7mbit DSL here... but no, I'm stuck on 5

dudeinaroom

See why I don't stream or download media, here is a better break down with download times

dudeinaroom

nadams wrote: »

I wish I could even just get 7mbit DSL here... but no, I'm stuck on 5

I'll trade you.

nadams

Wait, I was wrong... I only have 3mbit/768k service

dudeinaroom

still trade you

nadams

dudeinaroom wrote: »

I'll trade you.

I just ran a mobile speed test on my phone and got 430kbit/s. If I were you, I'd be figuring out a cell tethering setup.

dc55110

With up speeds in excess of 20mb/s that makes true off site backup a reality. Wish they had it in my neck of the woods.

bigaudiofanatic

My uncle got fios a few months back, he was very impressed with how they did the install and how they took there time with setup and showing him everything. He loves it and would recommend them anytime. Us...............well sat internet FTL

dudeinaroom

That is from my cell. look at the ISP