lorennerol
Premium
join:2003-10-29
Seattle, WA
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Re: The ride is over
Speakeasy has nothing to compete with FIOS, at least when speed and cost are considered. They are sort of stuck, as they don't own any infrastructure other than a Broadcom switch on which they host VoIP customers. They tried and failed to do something in Seattle with WiMAX and they just launched some limited Ethernet service, but it's expensive. All their DSL stuff piggybacks on Covad, which is of course running on ILEC copper. Their business VoIP service is pretty good and they've loosened the connectivity requirements (initially you had to have their T1 to get VoIP from them): Now you can, in some cases, bring your own connectivity.
You will not get the same level of support with either Verizon or Comcast. I know first-hand for both. And while $100 for 20/5 sounds great, also consider the cost to the business when the Internet connection is down or malfunctioning. |
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djpiazza
join:2001-03-19
Caldwell, NJ
 ·Verizon FIOS
 ·Speakeasy
| Have you had many problems or outages with Fios for Business. I have about 10 clients on Fios for Business going back as fara s 3 years now and I can honestly say I don't think I have ever had any issues with connectivity at all. My few dealing with Fios support have generally been to setup PTR records which have gone smoothly, now that I have the correct procedures to do it. |
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lorennerol
Premium
join:2003-10-29
Seattle, WA | Initially they had their CPE setup to convert the fiber to coax, which then ran into their router. I called them and had them switch it to Ethernet, which we then ran directly to the customer's router. I haven't had to contact them since. |
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