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 ·Frontier FiOS
| Clueless about fiber Everywhere inside Frontier except the specific folks they acquired who already have FIOS experience absolutely *ARE* clueless.
I have been communicating with a corporate person inside Frontier. I was asking about the advertising suggesting that 100Mbit internet is available in the Northwest.
She wrote in an email that they don't offer that speed, but the "average speed" is 50Mbit, but as I know, the actual available speed depends on my distance from the CO.
What a crock. For Frontier, DSL is state of the art and they are CLUELESS about fiber. I am not surprised... and this does not bode well for the future of FIOS in Frontier areas. |
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| said by millerzone:Everywhere inside Frontier except the specific folks they acquired who already have FIOS experience absolutely *ARE* clueless. I have been communicating with a corporate person inside Frontier. I was asking about the advertising suggesting that 100Mbit internet is available in the Northwest. She wrote in an email that they don't offer that speed, but the "average speed" is 50Mbit, but as I know, the actual available speed depends on my distance from the CO. What a crock. For Frontier, DSL is state of the art and they are CLUELESS about fiber. I am not surprised... and this does not bode well for the future of FIOS in Frontier areas. In the case of fiber, your speed does not depend on the distance from the CO, but the speed at which Frontier provisions you for. Currently it's 50/20.
FiOS will not go away. If you have it available to you today, Frontier has no plans to shut it down. And new developments within or bordering fios footprint will get fiber only.
FiOS TV on the other hand will probably wither on the vine. So far it's future is the lifespan of your local franchise agreement. |
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·Frontier FiOS
| You missed my point. A suit inside of Frontier was trying to tell me that my speed depends on distance from the CO but that the offered speed "averages" 50Mbit.
Which is of course a total crock on several levels.
These folks don't know what they have and it's them -- not the front-line ex-VZ folks -- who are the decision-makers.
Frontier FIOS TV is probably not long for this earth. Internet maybe a bit longer. |
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WA 425
join:2006-08-19
Lynnwood, WA | I see no reason why Frontier would take out fiber where it's already deployed. Just wouldn't make any sense. |
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WA 425
join:2006-08-19
Lynnwood, WA | reply to millerzone
said by millerzone:I was asking about the advertising suggesting that 100Mbit internet is available in the Northwest. They've apparently dropped this claim. The billboard on Hwy 99 has a new quote bubble at the bottom. No more reference to 100Mbit or even Fios. Just some generic statement about communications. |
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fios internet is not going anywhere. it will not be called fios forever, but it will still be available. period. |
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