| When will North Texas FIOS markets be all GPON? When will the FIOS areas in North Texas be all GPON? Seems ridiculous to be a FIOS customer, wanting to sign up for 150/35 internet, but cannot because the area I live in is BPON and thus the "best" they offer is 50/20.
Any word on when North Texas FIOS will be all GPON? For me, it's specifically Wylie, Texas, but I am asking for everyone since I have seen others ask about FIOS GPON in North Texas recently (on other boards).
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guppy_fishPremium
join:2003-12-09
Lakeland, FL
kudos:1 | Be thankful for what you have would be my suggestion. Verizon isn't doing anything upgrade wise, if your on Bpon, be thankful you have that option and aren't stuck on DSL or sold off to a third class outfit like Frontier |
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| said by guppy_fish:Be thankful for what you have would be my suggestion. Verizon isn't doing anything upgrade wise, if your on Bpon, be thankful you have that option and aren't stuck on DSL or sold off to a third class outfit like Frontier
I would not say that, I am in Maryland on BPON and have had service for over 5 years now figuring that I would be stuck on it forever but if I go in and punch up a neighbors address directly next door they are able to get the 150/35 tier which means GPON is now available here but at the ridiculous $200 a month rate. |
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Thanks, but I am wondering if anyone in North Texas has any insight as to upgrading FIOS' North Texas markets to GPON. I understand the build out is coming to halt (sadly!), but from what I understand, the upgrade from BPON to GPON shouldn't be too difficult so you would think that Verizon would make sure that all of its current FIOS areas have GPON, not just the newer builds.
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| I can only guess about the VZ engineering philosophy with respect to the fiber buildout in any given market. It is possible that the initial installation of OLTs in a CO is less than the ultimate capacity of the installed fiber fed by that CO. In that case, it would make sense that any new OLT equipment that will be added in that CO will be GPON. Most likely though, no new equipment will be added until the existing equipment nears capacity. The existing fiber buildout in the field can handle GPON as well as BPON. |
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1 edit | I think, in a way, we in N TX are paying the price of being early beneficiaries of initial FiOS deployments. BPON was current at the time, and we won't see upgrades until 1) current capacity is exhausted, and/or 2) depreciation and tax considerations make it feasible for VZ to do the upgrades.
Having said all that, my favorite tech/installer told me there is GPON in N TX. But very limited, and he didn't elaborate on where; other than it ain't where I am. I wish I could get 150/65, but as guppy_fish mentioned, I'm happy for what I have. Best alternative in Garland would be 50/5 from TW, but 43/35 on FiOS is still better. |
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For my area I was able to get it 11 months after the press release(I checked the availability tool for my address every few weeks). |
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McBane
join:2008-08-22
Plano, TX Reviews:
·Verizon FiOS
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said by flashcore:said by guppy_fish:Be thankful for what you have would be my suggestion. Verizon isn't doing anything upgrade wise, if your on Bpon, be thankful you have that option and aren't stuck on DSL or sold off to a third class outfit like Frontier
I would not say that, I am in Maryland on BPON and have had service for over 5 years now figuring that I would be stuck on it forever but if I go in and punch up a neighbors address directly next door they are able to get the 150/35 tier which means GPON is now available here but at the ridiculous $200 a month rate. I live in Murphy, right by Wylie, and this is the same case for me. I have a business account and I can get the 150/35 option (Even called in to confirm) but it's still at the ridiculous $200+/month rate. That is just not worth the price IMO for as much bandwidth as I use. Now if they just cut us in to those deals they are giving the NY/NJ folks....
From what I've read/seen in other threads, I could be wrong though since I'm not fully aware of the official process, basically once you put the order in, they add a GPON router at the CO and move your switch port over to the GPON router. Most of these had to seek some type of "approval" for the GPON router, which typically delayed the install by 1 to 2 months, but I've never seen one yet not get approved from the threads on here.
I'm honesty thinking about ordering 150/35 and then canceling back down to 35/35 just to upgrade to GPON performance since my upload on BPON here in my neighborhood is constantly saturated and I'm lucky if I get above 30+ on a 35 up plan. |
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 More FiberPremium,MVM
join:2005-09-26
West Chester, PA
kudos:18 | said by McBane:once you put the order in, they add a GPON router at the CO and move your switch port over to the GPON router. Right idea, wrong terminology.
•You get moved to a GPON OLT (PON card).
•Your drop gets moved to a GPON splitter in the Fiber Distribution Hub.
•Your BPON ONT gets replaced with a GPON ONT.
•You get a gigabit router (rev G or I)
•Your WAN connection gets moved to cat5 (if it's coax)
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There are 10 kinds of people in the world; those who understand binary and those who don't.
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said by McBane:I live in Murphy, right by Wylie, and this is the same case for me. I have a business account and I can get the 150/35 option (Even called in to confirm) but it's still at the ridiculous $200+/month rate. That is just not worth the price IMO for as much bandwidth as I use. Now if they just cut us in to those deals they are giving the NY/NJ folks....
From what I've read/seen in other threads, I could be wrong though since I'm not fully aware of the official process, basically once you put the order in, they add a GPON router at the CO and move your switch port over to the GPON router. Most of these had to seek some type of "approval" for the GPON router, which typically delayed the install by 1 to 2 months, but I've never seen one yet not get approved from the threads on here.
I'm honesty thinking about ordering 150/35 and then canceling back down to 35/35 just to upgrade to GPON performance since my upload on BPON here in my neighborhood is constantly saturated and I'm lucky if I get above 30+ on a 35 up plan.
So are you saying that for me, being in Wylie, I could switch to a business account and then get 150/35? |
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McBane
join:2008-08-22
Plano, TX Reviews:
·Verizon FiOS
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Ya my FiOS or PON terminology is terrible and I didn't really have the time to look it all up, I've never worked with it and don't remember the schematics, just trying to get the idea across, Mr Fiber is the brains on the FiOS schematics.  |
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said by McBane:it's still at the ridiculous $200+/month rate. That is just not worth the price IMO for as much bandwidth as I use. Now if they just cut us in to those deals they are giving the NY/NJ folks....
Maybe only in NYC... |
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said by pappy97:So are you saying that for me, being in Wylie, I could switch to a business account and then get 150/35?
That's what the tech/installer told me, too. But as McBane mentioned, the pricing is outrageous and I can't justify it, so I didn't even bother to call. If you decide to call and check it out, I'd be interested to hear what they tell you.
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McBane
join:2008-08-22
Plano, TX Reviews:
·Verizon FiOS
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Honestly if you probably called in they would start the order process on residential, just keep in mind it might be awhile while they seek approval to add all the extra equipment to your neighborhood's splitter and local CO. (I think the east Plano CO serves all of Murphy and Wylie and the far eastern portion of Richardson that has FiOS).
It's also going to be like $210/mo even for the residential 150/35 in our area. |
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