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Pathfinder5
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join:2000-03-26
New York, NY

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Pathfinder5 to UnnDunn

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Re: So have they signed an agreement or not?

said by UnnDunn:

They have, but Verizon is dragging their feet in implementing the needed changes.

Proof of that?

ieolus
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join:2001-06-19
Danbury, CT

ieolus

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Well, how is your Netflix viewing going?
jjeffeory
jjeffeory
join:2002-12-04
Bloomington, IN

jjeffeory

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Last night a video stopped playing for some reason. Yes, I'm on FiOS using Netflix. I had to restart the stream, then it worked.

Pathfinder5
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said by ieolus:

Well, how is your Netflix viewing going?

I have no problems. Just watched a show.
mj3431
join:2003-04-21
STL, MO

mj3431

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...but not during peak usage hours.
Dissonance
join:2007-03-26
Floral Park, NY

Dissonance

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said by mj3431:

...but not during peak usage hours.

This. Netflix streams load in HD instantly if I want to watch at 4AM. During prime time I might as well be using my 3G connection...

I didn't get 150 Mbps Fios just for the middle of the night. My neighbor has ~20 Mbps Optimum (cablevision) and his Netflix is perfect 24/7. I'm embarrassed to be paying so much more than him for inferior performance.
Bengie25
join:2010-04-22
Wisconsin Rapids, WI

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The proof is that Verizon isn't able to keep up even those it is ridiculously easy to do so.

You should see the tech that is currently available. A single router and 6 strands of fiber could handle ALL of the world's Internet as it is right now.

Newer tech will be able to handle 10x the current world's Internet over a single fiber has already had a fully functional prototype.

Verizon is just creating artificial scarcity.

As it stands right now, 1gb/1gb fiber to a multi-TERABIT router is running about $100 per port. Seeing that it costs about $2k to connect a customer to fiber, $100 is a rounding error.

1gb fiber has become so cheap, it's cheaper to use a 1gb port and rate limit it to 100mb than to purchase a 100mb port.

Frink
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join:2000-07-13
Scotch Plains, NJ

Frink

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Wow...wrong on so many levels I don't know where to start.

pumpkinhead7
join:2002-06-14
Clarksburg, WV

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Hmmm....the inability to keep a quality streaming video experience comes to mind.