Justin413
join:2003-07-22
Methuen, MA
| [northeast] New Install tommorow..
So VZ is comming to install FIOS for my home tommorow. really looking forward to it.. but honestly will I notice the speed difference from web surfing?.. i do a lot of downloading, but will my web surfing be better too?.. comcast is pretty darn fast. i cant imagine having 20 Mbit DL. |
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aaronwt
Premium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA
 ·Verizon FIOS
 ·Comcast
| I doubt you will notice any difference web surfing. My web pages pop up superfast just like they did with Comcast. But when downloading large files it is much faster for me since it doesn't drop off after 40MB like it did with the Comcast Powerboost. |
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forsakenredo
join:2002-08-04
Lutherville Timonium, MD
| reply to Justin413
I think that judging how fast a web page will come is subjective at best and no way to tell if the bottle neck is on your side, the servers side, or the ISPs side right away.
I sit on a 9/4 hospital/university connection all day at work and it really boils down to how bogged down my computer is at the moment and how slow the adservers on that page are doing (this more than anything has slowed down my websurfing). Other than that i can't tell the difference between home and work surfing (i'm on comcast still, but they are laying the fiber for fios as i type).
But i do think you will find a faster, better, more consistent download experience with verizon depending on how overcrowded their networks get.
-Red |
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bfhaith
join:2004-06-07
Auburn, NY
| reply to Justin413
I noticed a huge difference in upload speed (over pitiful DSL). I'm routinely uploading large photos and have been quite happy with the speed. Try downloading a movie from a place like Amazon Unbox or Netflix. It takes me 12 minutes to completely download a 2GB movie from Unbox. |
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