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Well, enough with that. I live in Lancaster PA, and I do hope we get a shot at FIOS before 10 years goes by. I have seen it and I want it. | |
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 | | | Re: Yay! You will be getting it in about 6 months or so. You can get my business card at the Circuit City there at the Verizon Broadband display. | |
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| | | | Re: Yay! Is this true? Is Verizon Fios finally coming to Lancaster, PA? If so, I may hold off on DirecTV. | |
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| | Where's the Love? Why don't they offer 20Mbps to all FiOS markets? | |
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|  JTRockvilleData HoPremium,MVM
join:2002-01-28
Rockville, MD
2 edits | Re: Where's the Love? 15/15 is plenty of luv for me (for now) | |
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|  TzaleProud Libertarian ConservativePremium
join:2004-01-06
NYC Metro | Re: pizza.. said by neufuse:oh my the fios pizza boxes... we have those here and fios is 60 miles away from us!... I dont understand whtere there is so much fios advertising in an area that doesn't even have it... right now we have Thai menus with FiOS ad's on them... pizza boxes... and Verizon Wireless stores with FIOS banners on them... yet its not here LOL, BBR posted a picture of my pizza box from 2 or so years ago. 
-Tzale | |
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 NezmoThe name's Bond. James Bond.Premium,MVM
join:2004-11-10
Coppell, TX
kudos:1 | Would be nice... just to get the bottom 5/2 tier here in TX upped like the NE has had for ages. | |
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| | Verizon is awesome Verizon is such an awesome company. 65 bucks a month for unlimited usage with that much bandwidth is like a dream come true. Surewest out here gives 20/20 but it costs around 80-90 dollars a month and has monthly caps on it.
Meanwhile AT&T FTTH users still enjoy their super fast next generation 6/1 speeds. xD | |
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| | | Re: Verizon is awesome said by kilometers3:Verizon is such an awesome company. 65 bucks a month for unlimited usage with that much bandwidth is like a dream come true. Surewest out here gives 20/20 but it costs around 80-90 dollars a month and has monthly caps on it. Meanwhile AT&T FTTH users still enjoy their super fast next generation 6/1 speeds. xD I currently have 6/1mb with Comcast. | |
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| | | | Re: Verizon is awesome Is that the same 6/1 service I used to have that tested at 2.5/500k peak and 128/56k between the hours of 9 and 11pm when I wanted to game? Offered by the same Comcast that made me drive 25 miles six times in less than a year to replace defective modems?
Oh come here Fios and hug daddy, I love you so much! *kiss* *kiss* *kiss*
Die Comcast, die! | |
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| | | JTRockvilleData HoPremium,MVM
join:2002-01-28
Rockville, MD | Re: Verizon is awesome * snatches FiOS from UncleDirtNap  and dashes off *
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| said by UncleDirtNap:Is that the same 6/1 service I used to have that tested at 2.5/500k peak and 128/56k between the hours of 9 and 11pm when I wanted to game? Offered by the same Comcast that made me drive 25 miles six times in less than a year to replace defective modems? Oh come here Fios and hug daddy, I love you so much! *kiss* *kiss* *kiss* Die Comcast, die! LOL... | |
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| JTRockvilleData HoPremium,MVM
join:2002-01-28
Rockville, MD | Re: OMG! You're going to love it. Congratulations!! | |
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| Re: OMG! That friggin tears it; somehow I gotta get the chickens off da schneid...15/15 for little more than 15/2?
If you do *any* major uploading at all (or p2p), this is what you've been waiting for.
The question is: can *any* other provider compete with even symmetrical 15/15, DOCSIS 3.0 or not? | |
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| DX21881
join:2007-10-10
Jersey City, NJ | where did you get that doc? | |
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 gatorkramNeed for SpeedPremium
join:2002-07-22
Winterville, NC
kudos:2 | ME TOO! I wish every single market in the entire USA had this as an option. I wonder if they do too..
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 aaronwtPremium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA | I'll stick with 30/5 I'll stick with my 30/5 service for $55. Maybe they will raise that to 50/10? that would be sweet. | |
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| | | Re: I'll stick with 30/5 It would be nice, if they could figure out why my fios wont do the 20/20 it is supposed too..
Stuck at 20/5 paying for 20/20 | |
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|  PacketeersPremium
join:2005-06-18
Forest Hills, NY
kudos:1 | Re: No luck for business folks many small businesses will cheat by getting sym.FIOS anyway.
certainly home Subchapter-S business that do web hosting will. | |
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| |  pflogBueller? Bueller?Premium,MVM
join:2001-09-01
El Dorado Hills, CA
kudos:3 | Re: No luck for business folks It's over double the price, and that's 5/5 not 15/15. It'd be cheaper to get two business lines for a combined total of 30/4 than to pay that ridiculous price.
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| | |  DHRacerTech Monkey
join:2000-10-10
Lake Arrowhead, CA | Re: No luck for business folks So it's the same price as the T1/T3 lines they are trying to protect their resume stream on? | |
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| | | | pflogBueller? Bueller?Premium,MVM
join:2001-09-01
El Dorado Hills, CA
kudos:3 | Re: No luck for business folks said by DHRacer:So it's the same price as the T1/T3 lines they are trying to protect their resume stream on? Yep, seems that way. Like I said, it makes perfect sense. I'm just damned happy with $100/mo for 15/2. Nothing wrong with wishing I could get 15/15 for $15/mo more (which is the increase for residential hehe).
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| | | | | DHRacerTech Monkey
join:2000-10-10
Lake Arrowhead, CA | Re: No luck for business folks And yet you can get a 15/2 Static on a 2 year agreement for $100 a month...like you said.
I know the office is paying like $79 a month right now for the 3/768 Static DSL service...Seems like I should bring this up!
It would certainly help the email and webserver we have currently on that DSL link, not to mention the web browsing and Share Point stuff.
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| | | | | | pflogBueller? Bueller?Premium,MVM
join:2001-09-01
El Dorado Hills, CA
kudos:3 | Re: No luck for business folks Definitely. You're getting nearly 3x the upstream and 5x the down for like $20/mo more 
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| | | | | | | DHRacerTech Monkey
join:2000-10-10
Lake Arrowhead, CA | Re: No luck for business folks Let's see, $20 more a month x 12 months = $240 more a year than the 3/768 for that "nearly 3x the upstream and 5x the down". Sounds doable to me... | |
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| | | | | |  sporkmedrop the crantini and move it, sisterPremium,MVM
join:2000-07-01
Morristown, NJ
·Optimum Online
| said by DHRacer:It would certainly help the email and webserver we have currently on that DSL link, not to mention the web browsing and Share Point stuff. Add a 20/20 residential line and shove all your traffic that doesn't require a static IP on there. | |
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| | | | | |  BenPremium
join:2007-06-17
Glen Carbon, IL | 15/2 for $100/mo.? I wonder what the cost is for mo-to-mo? I hate signing contracts, especially if there's an ETF fee.
Even so, I wish I had that available. I have 1.5M/256k via the Cable co. (Charter) for $67/mo. It's "Business HSI" with static IP so I'm comparing apples to apples here, as well as it's possible to do so. What else is bad is that I couldn't get mo-to-mo. A one year contract was the shortest contract I could get.
I would use 3.0M/512k DSL w/ Static via AT&T for $70/mo. (mo-to-mo. charge), but they don't offer DSL here.
Does anyone know the cost of 5/5, assuming mo-to-mo? I'd look it up myself but I don't live in a FIOS area so I can't enter in my home phone. | |
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| | | | | | | JohnAPremium
join:2003-09-16
Pittsburgh, PA | Re: No luck for business folks
Residential is $8 more a month. Not sure on business service. | |
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why did you block me?? i am your friend. | |
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| | |  maartenaElmoPremium
join:2002-05-10
Orange, CA
kudos:1 | said by pflog:It's over double the price, and that's 5/5 not 15/15. It'd be cheaper to get two business lines for a combined total of 30/4 than to pay that ridiculous price. I just ordered a single T-1 line for a property that we are opening up at $379 a month through Covad. I would GLADLY pay that price for a 5/5 line if it was available.....
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1 edit | IM getting the 15 by 15 .... im goin to love it thay have no idea i called support and thay sead no to the 15mb by 15mb in texas but thay did say this weekend there doin some kinda upgrade so lets see what happens | |
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JTRockvilleData HoPremium,MVM
join:2002-01-28
Rockville, MD |  A great big THANKS to fiosguys1 !!
!!! FiOS and fiosguys1 ROCK !!! | |
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| JohnAPremium
join:2003-09-16
Pittsburgh, PA | Re: A great big THANKS to fiosguys1 !!
Send your friends in Rockville an email, to ask if they're getting it, or did that get resolved? | |
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| | JTRockvilleData HoPremium,MVM
join:2002-01-28
Rockville, MD | Re: A great big THANKS to fiosguys1 !! No, it's not been resolved. There was an election this month. Some of the folks who got elected to the city council are eager for competition, but I think the new mayor will see that it doesn't happen (just my opinion). | |
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 DaveDudeNo Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey
kudos:1 | 3 years ago people asked for did cable notice ? Over and over , article after article. People have asked, and asked cable for symmetric packages. Even businesses served by cable cant get it. Well maybe the cablecos will listen this time. | |
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| sporkmedrop the crantini and move it, sisterPremium,MVM
join:2000-07-01
Morristown, NJ Reviews:
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| Re: 3 years ago people asked for did cable notice ? said by DaveDude:Over and over , article after article. People have asked, and asked cable for symmetric packages. Even businesses served by cable cant get it. Well maybe the cablecos will listen this time. By "listening" I guess you mean "rip out the HFC network and start over".
Both FiOS and cable are by nature asymmetric (the outside plant has more downstream than upstream available). However FiOS has more overall bandwidth available. Even with a ton of node splitting, cable is at a disadvantage as the system was not designed to offer anywhere near the amount of upstream to support something like 15/15 or 20/20 service.
Not to mention that 90-some percent of interweb users don't give a rat's ass about upstream... | |
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| | Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA | Re: 3 years ago people asked for did cable notice ? Maybe they don't care because nothing has been widely developed to use it because no one has it. It's the same as saying no one will use 100mbps because there's no killer app that would be improved by having that much bandwidth. Of course there's not. Why would you spend you time and effort developing for something that doesn't exist?! | |
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 Matt3All noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12 | Business Reason? Verizon isn't doing this out of the goodness of their hearts. There has to be a business justification somewhere for this. Does anyone have any ideas?
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| | Now they just need to unblock port 80 Now if they would only unblock port 80 like Comcrap does so I can upgrade without having to pay for a business class of service to be able to host my websites... | |
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|  CabalPremium
join:2007-01-21
Austin, TX | Re: Now they just need to unblock port 80 And 25, and 53, and... | |
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| | JohnAPremium
join:2003-09-16
Pittsburgh, PA | Re: Now they just need to unblock port 80
Only 80 is blocked. | |
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| | Upgrade No free upgrade???
I've 5/2 now for $39.95. It'd be nice if they upgrade this to 15/5 or even 10/5.
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| | Blah Blah Blah Staying one step ahead in actuality puts them 2 steps ahead... Now the Cable company will have to think, rethink and spend to not only get to where Vz is with 15/15 or 20/20 today, but when they roll out their next latest /greatest tier it should be adequately equipped to match whatever VZ will be bumping their speeds up to in response. So, Vz is luring customers away, offering a better product IMO, and when the time comes they have the appearance that they can offer bigger and better without much issue if the need arises.
These are all win/win situations for VZ , now if they could only find someone to fix their billing nightmares. | |
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| | &%@#*^ AT&T I am sooooooo lucky to live in a future AT&T implode-o-verse area (if they ever roll it out, ker-thump, ker-thump). I now get 3Mbps/500Kbps on a 6Mbps/768Kbps Covad/AT&T ADSL line, while two towns over (10 miles away) it's Verizon 20/20/unlimited. Gosh, I love AT&T... | |
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| | Dumped Comcrap Yesterday! In the past month or so FIOS became available in my area, what's interesting is that I dumped the cable tv service from comcast 3 weeks ago, and then yesterday I had FIOS installed in my house, comcrap wasn't very happy, they were saying well we could give you a discount but you have to be back on the TV service again... I told the rep why would I want to go back to 14 HD Channels, when I now have 72? Does that add up. | |
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|  kyler13Is your fiber grounded?
join:2006-12-12
Arnold, MD | Re: Dumped Comcrap Yesterday! I assume you have satellite with that many HDs? FIOS is currently trailing the pack in HD offerings. | |
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|  RickPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT | And, I assume that in making the switch..you now have no On Demand type programming at all and no HD associated with that either?
Not to put down the satellite co's..but for everything they might have today..there's also something they don't have that comcast does.
I also doubt that Comcast will be behind the curve on hd programming for long and they're rolling them out all the time now.
In addition, now apparently you get to pay more for your HSI as well.
Honestly, I just don't see the benefits here really to you but..to each their own. And, it's nice that a choice existed for you.
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| | | | Re: Dumped Comcrap Yesterday! with comcast I was paying 119 a month for 14 HD channels and the DVR with the high speed internet.
Now with FIOS 20/5 and directv HD DVR 72 HD Channels Showtime and the Movie Channel I'm paying 95.
More channels, more speed 25 bucks cheaper.
I couldn't care less about ondemmand I was hardly was using it as it was. | |
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| | | | FiOS has over 3000 on demand titles - and can add as many HD channels as they like without having do delete regular channels like cable companies have to due to bandwith limitations. You can only get so much over that copper line. | |
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| | Kudos! I have to hand it to them, they've really raised the bar with this. I can only hope more ISP's follow suit and the "age of asymmetric speeds" finally dies a long overdue and much deserved death.
FiOS is truly an impressive product... too bad its cousin, Verizon Wireless, is such overpriced crap!
Hahaha... AT&T U-verse... what a joke!
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