waiting4fios
join:2005-04-08
Howell, NJ
 ·Verizon FIOS
| your issues
If you choose the MSN portal that Verizon offers then you get the McAfee Antivirus, so in that regard they match Comcast.
As far as the VOIP, I think it depends on the VOIP provider. I've seen Voicewing work flawlessly behind the router, no speed slowdowns, no call quality problems. I've also heard other providers should work as well but I haven't tried them. The only one I think that has the problem is CallVantage. |
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kyler13
Is your fiber grounded?
join:2006-12-12
Arnold, MD
 ·ViaTalk
·Verizon FIOS
| I've read mixed things about Voicewing on here. I did go ahead and force a firmware update on the Actiontec router, and now I notice that Voicewing is in the pulldown menu when adding devices under the QoS section (as is Vonage and a few others). How does Voicewing compare with CallVantage quality and feature-wise?
Thanks for the heads up on MSN/McAfee. I haven't yet explored the options yet (and I haven't officially canceled the cable service, either). |
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gensai
join:2006-04-15
Seattle, WA
 ·Comcast
| I can't speak for callvantage, but here's about VW:
Sound Quality on fios after the firmware on the actiontec is really good. Only issue you may have is echoing but it's an easy fix. 15 second fix. Features lately have been a bit glitchy but that is getting resolved. Serveral people with that issue have been resolved. A small handful still experience it but there are phone codes as well. Feature issues have been happening on the account manager. That's the scoop right now. I am gonna be getting voicewing myself next week and I'll give you more info if you'd like on how to get the most out of it. |
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waytron
join:2006-12-22
Wayland, MA
| Actual Speed
Besides not being able to get any port forwarding to work as yet with the ActionTec router. I don't really see the speed. I have Comcast as well at the moment until if I want to keep the FIOS.
Speed Tests on Speakeasy.net show it pretty close to the 15/2 that I ordered, but other test sites like cnet do not show it as fast. But regardless of what the speed test are showing, in reality I am not getting downloads as fast as my Comcast.
I have been comparing download times between Comcast and Fios for several days now. I have been downloading things like Service Pack 2 from Microsoft and good size software packages from Download.com. and my Comcast downloads are actually faster. I just don't get it. |
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gensai
join:2006-04-15
Seattle, WA | I'm not a fios tech so I'm not sure what's going on. But I do like comcast and have noticed they're reliable. But I've known fios to being reliable too. Do you have fios tv? |
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kyler13
Is your fiber grounded?
join:2006-12-12
Arnold, MD
·ViaTalk
·Verizon FIOS
| reply to waytron
It's not that surprising. Comcast may have a better national network than Verizon right now, though I can't say for sure. I recall 7 years ago when it was the @home network, they boasted their dedicated fiber backbone throughout the country meaning rather than hopping on the general internet locally from your ISP, you rode the @home network to the locality (or close) of the site you were contacting. Your bandwidth was somewhat dedicated most of the distance. Not sure, but I assume the same applies even now with Comcast. What you're paying for from Verizon, and getting, is the pipeline into your home. I think the exodus of cable customers to fiber will help those who stay behind because the cable network's load will lighten, though it hurts cable financially. All I can say is that my bandwidth to my premise on cable was getting choked severely at peak times, probably brought on by the volumes signing up for triple play. I'm just not paying $45 for sometimes 7Mbps, regardless of how fast the downloads are when they reach peak. Plus, IMO, cable faces some challenges as HD grows. As content bandwidth requirements increase, they may have to replace the copper beyond the nodes with their own fiber or they won't be able to handle it, unless they cop out like satellite and compress everything to MPEG4. |
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