[NTLUG:Discuss] Verizon Fiber

[David I S Mandala]

I'm in Murphy, turned it on, turned off Comcast, have never looked back. 
Far far better then the cable modem. Much faster, so far all of the time.

Kipton Moravec wrote:
> Has anyone signed up for Verizon's FiOS?
> They ran the fiber down my alley and I am thinking of switching from
> Cable Modem.
> http://www22.verizon.com/FiOSForHome/channels/FiOS/root/package.aspx
> They sell:
> 5 Mbps Download for $34.95
> 15 Mbps Download for $44.95
> 30 Mbps Download for $179.95
> 
> All are 2 Mbps upload.
> 
> Cable modem is $43.95 before taxes and around $50 per month after all
> the add-on taxes. So Verizon is pricing to get cable modem people, with
> slightly slower at much cheaper, or much faster at slightly more.
> 
> I have 6 computers with three different operating systems. They have a
> tester and the WIN98 with a 2.6 Athelon and 1GB memory was deemed  O.K.
> for the 5 Mbps line but not sufficient for the 15 Mbps line. (?) The
> Ubuntu systen never got a response back from the check :)
> 
> I went to the COMCAST site and they say their speed is up to 6 Mbps. 
> Personally I have not seen anything better than somewhere between 300
> and 400 kbps on a download. So I don't believe anybodys advertised
> rates.
> 
> The other thing that makes me worried is that we have Verison DSL at
> work in Garland, and sometimes in the afternoon it gets down to 5 kbps
> (based on Verizon's speed test). I could go faster with a dial-up modem!
> 
> Anyone with experience?
> 
> Kip
> 

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