 BitPremium
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2 edits | Southern California is doing very well FiOS-wise We've seen very widespread FiOS deployment, even to more remote communities. I'm not surprised at all that the area served my the Register newspaper is seeing slowing deployment...there is little Verizon service area left that doesn't already have FiOS.
But I'm not surprised that they are focusing on marketing. Particularly with HSI, Verizon has already taken a number substantial price increases (at least here in Huntington Beach) while major competitors Comcast and Time Warner hiked speeds, expanded HDTV and pushed aggressive triple play deals. |
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| For whatever it's worth, Verizon's Fios deployment in its service territory within the city of Los Angeles, such as Brentwood, Westwood, Pacific Palisades, the north San Fernando Valley (San Fernando, Mission Hills, Granada Hills, Sylmar, etc.) has all been but non-existent. So much for the statewide franchise agreement.
I'm still shocked that even in high-end Pacific Palisades, much of the west end of community only has access to DSL speeds of up to 1.5 mb down, and no Fastpath.
Yes, Time-Warner and Charter (Charter serves a very small portion of Los Angeles adjacent to Pacific Palisades that's part of their Malibu system) at least both offer higher speed options to Palisades residents.
I know this as one of my relatives lives in the Palisades and I experience her slow DSL speeds when I deadhead there for my trips.
True, we have an economic downturn, yet in the Pacific Palisades, the downturn is not as severe as in the Inland Empire. Even Orange County is holding up reasonably well. |
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 alchav
join:2002-05-17
Palm Desert, CA
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said by Bit:We've seen very widespread FiOS deployment, even to more remote communities. I'm not surprised at all that the area served my the Register newspaper is seeing slowing deployment...there is little Verizon service area left that doesn't already have FiOS. California is mostly PacBell or AT&T now, but the areas served by Verizon had their chance to get FiOS. If you wanted it and had enough subscribers, you could have gotten on the Verizon list. We here in SCPD, Ca. asked and got FiOS, but I don't even think we have 50% FiOS subscribers. I think here it is two fold, most people want fast low cost Internet, so the bottom tier of FiOS is all they get. Which is the same as the Cable Companies. The other reason is no TV yet, so Verizon is missing a big piece. So Verizon has to work on their TV offering. |
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BitPremium
join:2009-02-19
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1 edit | They offered low cost internet. When we first got it here in Huntington Beach, 5/2 was $30/mo. They've taken huge increases since then both in HSI and video. For example, the lowest HSI rate has gone up 50% since deployment, from $30/mo to $45/mo. That's crazy, especially for budget minded people who are quite happy with $18/mo DSL that is price locked for 2 years. |
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boe_d
join:2003-10-12
Los Angeles, CA
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I have a client with a T1 in 90272 - corner of Sunset and PCH. I've run the tests and for some reason even though they come out within spec the performance seems miserable.
I would love FIOS but it isn't available - wish I could find their deployment schedule.
Anyone here using fixed wireless or something of the like? Bonded T1 is too expensive.
I could use fast upload and download speeds. Cable doesn't offer the upload speeds we require.
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