| Existing contracts? What happens with existing contracts? Mine is coming up for renewal, and I don"t want to lock in the slower speed. |
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 DownTheShoreThanks To All The Shore VolunteersPremium
join:2003-12-02
Beautiful NJ
kudos:12 | Meaningless... ...unless they start wiring the apartment complexes with FIOS. |
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| Thank you, may I have another :) Can't wait... |
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1 edit | Well well |
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 BootesPremium
join:2005-01-28
Palo Alto, CA | reply to ptbarnett
Re: Existing contracts? You just need to call and ask for the higher speeds if there's no price difference. If there is a price difference, they're always willing to let you pay more.
You might have trouble if the price is lowered, but that's not very likely. |
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| More of nothing Realistically speaking one only needs 15/5. I have 25/25 because I do a lot of cloud stuff, and TWC is 30/5 which sucks for cloud. Cloud needs uplink...
Anything above that is for pure convenience. I can run VMW view on a 3MB link just fine, so cloud is not an issue).
And 15/5 is 15/5 -- there is no TWC lucky to see 5Mbs on a 15/2.
What would be disappointing is that they introduce caps after doubling bandwidth when everyone knows that bandwidth isn't a problem for VZ and even TWC in my area (considering only 2 neighbors on my block still have TWC  )
My neighbor pays $160 for TWC (triple play, 5 TV) which is a bigtime rip. I told them to get fios double play, move phone to GV-> Cell and pay $85/month. Then buy some roku boxes for the kids. So save $60-$70/month.
If they cap the first thing to go will be phone, and then people will pull cable (go OTA or internet) and then they will be left wondering why they put caps in when margins are already sick (60%+).
In NY my phone only cost $4 in taxes (it's IP) so it was actually more expensive to do the double play (they like it that way). Sooner of later that is going to cause me to leave.
They have also dropped 5 channels in the last few months, and added zero. They were junk, but then 90% is junk so keep pruning. |
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BootesPremium
join:2005-01-28
Palo Alto, CA | reply to DownTheShore
Re: Meaninless... You mean your apartment complex? They've been wiring apartment complexes for years. |
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 Smith6612Premium,MVM
join:2008-02-01
North Tonawanda, NY
kudos:22 | I think he's talking about those on VDSL/VDSL2 still... |
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 IPPlanManHoly Cable Modem Batman
join:2000-09-20
Washington, DC
kudos:1 | Meanwhile at Comcast... »www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMO8Pyi3UpY |
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| hmm So verizon is upping speeds AND prices. interesting. |
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Re: More of nothing Still, it's progress. Someday I hope to be streaming holographic porn at 1Tbps. |
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 CabalPremium
join:2007-01-21
Austin, TX
·Suddenlink
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Re: Meaningless... said by DownTheShore:...unless they start wiring the apartment complexes with FIOS.
The combination of your post content and your avatar is cracking me up.
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If you can't open it, you don't own it. |
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| This is great So if you have a contract you get a bonus speed upgrade and likely without an increase. If you don't you have an increase but you get a speed grade boost (a nice one at that).
Suck that Comcrap. At least Verizon is raising its speeds with its price increases.
Not only that but 300mbps service? I'm on 150/35 so SIGN ME UP I need more speed for work. |
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Re: Meanwhile at Comcast... Dont forget about At&t U-Crap |
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| Thanks--for nothing, Verizon. Uhhh, let me know when I can get 5/2 for $35 (or less!  ). |
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| So, this is one of the moves... they are doing to try and help their cable pact. Oh well, lets see if I get the 75\35. |
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Re: More of nothing I have 35/35 and to say one only needs 15/5 isn't true in a house with lots of users that uses a lot of netflix, gaming and downloads I often see my router pushing over 25mbps for a sustained period of times, true one user may not need 35/35 or 75//35 for anything, but multiple users, especially if you have some heavy users can easily be needed to ensure everyone in the house gets a speedy internet connection. I'm looking forward to the additional bandwidth. |
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| Frontier Meanwhile back here in Frontier FiOS land....  |
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| So what happens to the 50/20 tier? Personally I am stoked that my 25/25 is now going to become faster than the 50/20 tier, and even with a rate hike, still won't cost nearly as much
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What happens to 50/20? I don't see ANYTHING about what will happen to 50/20. I live in a BPON market where the "Top" tier right now is 50/20. Is it going away, or getting bumped up to something? I don't think the article implies that it is going away, nor does it suggest it is getting a bump too. |
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Re: Existing contracts? said by ptbarnett:What happens with existing contracts? Mine is coming up for renewal, and I don"t want to lock in the slower speed.
It would seem that if they are changing the speeds, you'll get the speed change.
E.g.,
Today you sign a one year contract for 25/25 service. Next month 25/25 ceases to exist and it's now 50/25. Seems like for you'd get 50/25 once they switch as they will stop provisioning 25/25 to anyone.
""As far as I know, it will be like old upgrades where everyone will remain on the same plan and I'm assuming pay more for the increase," says the source. These changes should be arriving somewhere around June 18.
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Sounds like you will get the bump speed, and may get a corresponding increase to your price, even though you are under contract. But I don't see how you'll have 25/25 in my hypothetical when they cease to provision that speed to anyone, anymore. |
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