Broadband FIOS from Verizon just blew away Cable!!!

Post by **Digger[NJLP]** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 1:52 pm

Verizon just made my day!!!

New offer
Verizon FIOS
Its fiber directly to the house! But above all check out the price!

A T1 is a fiber drop and runs at 1.5 MBps up and down.

My cable modem is 4 MBps down and 768 Kbps up at 44.95

Verizon is offering, with a one year aggreement

10Mbps Down / 2 Mbps Up 29.95 First year $34.95 After that.
This is faster then a T1

20Mbps Down / 5 Mbps Up 39.95 First Year $44.95 After that.

Up to 50 MBps Down / 5Mbps Up 139.95 a month.

What more can I say! Bye bye Comcast!

I hear one or two of us is already on this service give me a shout out and let me know how ya like it.

http://www22.verizon.com/content/ConsumerFiOS/

coold8 · Post by **coold8** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 11:03 pm

I heard that they were going to make it 50/10 for the upper tier, maybe that will be in the future. From waht I hear, FiOS is great, I hear that most people get pretty close to their guaranteed speed. I right now have 30/2 cable, and I usually average 25/125 (I get capped if I upload for more than a 1megapixel picture). Check out http://www.dslreports.com for reviews.

NILL · Post by **NILL** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 7:26 am

Why would it get more expensive after the first year? Shouldn't it cost more the first year then drop?

Post by **[FETT]Cupcake** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:52 pm

I have to see if they have that by me. That would be great.

Post by **[FETT]Cupcake** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:58 pm

Not available in my area...damn verizon!!!

coold8 · Post by **coold8** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 6:01 pm

Once you see Verizon shoving big thick orange pvc tubes in the ground near your house......

It is 3 months away.

They just did it in my development about 2 weeks ago.

Post by **Digger[NJLP]** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:11 pm

NOw the question is what servers will I be hosting

Post by **[FETT]Cupcake** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:59 pm

Ok, I'm jealous I want fios.

Post by **Digger[NJLP]** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 12:48 pm

Sorry the pics are gone. I was hosting the pics off of my server at home and I just moved everything to provider.. Either way FIOS Is monstrously fast!

KlepMod · Post by **KlepMod** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:38 pm

Just to confirm what you already know. I had FIOS installed a month ago (the 20/5 performance level). It's all is claims to be. Speakeasy speed test is actually slightly better than 20/5 from a NY server. Almost twice as fast as my cable service to the same servers. I've run them side by side for the trial period. Verizon was going door to door in our neighborhood. The deal was tough to pass on. No install fee and $39.99 for the 20/5 level. One year commitment after the one month trial period. I called Cablevision today and cancelled my optimum online account.

Post by **Digger[NJLP]** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 3:08 pm

Check this out..
I had canceled comcast the day after they installed the Fiber. But Comcast just sent me a flyer that said, "We are upping you bandwidth free of charge!"
So I role my eyes thinking I just dropped cable and now they are upping everyone to compete with Verizon. So I open the mailer and it says.
We are upping you bandwidth from whatever it was up, like 512KB to 768KB.

I laughed and through it in the garbage.

Long live FIOS!

Post by **harlock** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 7:10 pm

I'm just curious on the installation. Do you need to have the computer near the phone jack? My computer setup is far from the nearest one. Thanks.

KlepMod · Post by **KlepMod** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:02 pm

No. It doesn't need a phone jack. They run CAT5 cable to the router they provide. The router has 4 hard wired ethernet ports and, if I remember correctly, up to 8 wireless. Security is enabled out of the box. They key is printed on the bottom of the router.

Post by **Digger[NJLP]** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 11:20 am

Harlock,
They pretty much put a 12 inch by 12 inch box on the side of the house and a slightly smaller unit on the inside. They also mount/install a battery backup unit. As Klep said on the inside unit is a Cat5 Cable that you could literally plug in to your laptop and go. The provided wireless/switch/Firewalll, non name brand, which seems nice but I never used it. I just plugged a ethernet cable from their plug in to my Firewall and I made no changes to my network.

The best part is if you have verizon for phone service you get a significant drop in cost. I droped 40 bucks off of phone service.

Post by **[FETT]Cupcake** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:14 pm

Ok this is sweet. I've been MIA lately, but with good reason. The wife and I just purchased our first home. New construction, and the best part is...they already have FIOS in the neighborhood!!!!!Bye cable!!!

I have to iron out the details, but I think I'm going to have ethernet ports in every room. Just have to verify things with verizon.

I'm excited.

Broadband FIOS from Verizon just blew away Cable!!!

Broadband FIOS from Verizon just blew away Cable!!!

Wooot!

FIOS