tbrisco
join:2002-12-20
New York, NY
| reply to KoolMoe
Re: Another departing customer
Let us know how you like the service? My co-op building just signed a contract with Verizon for FIOS service, and I'm kind of curious -- the price of SP higher bandwidths (I'm 1.5up/maybe 600 down) keeps putting me off.
Here on the east coast, though, there's the rumor that Verizon will cut all copper into your place when they install the fiber (keeps out the competition, I guess).
Let us know how it goes! |
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KoolMoe
Aw Man
Premium
join:2001-02-14
Annapolis, MD
clubs:
 ·Verizon FIOS
 ·Speakeasy
| See here for a brief overview:
»Re: How can I get FIOS cheaply? (e.g., STB configurations)
The service is definitely faster and more reliable. I had the 6.0/768 SE plan. I actually got maybe 5.0/640. With the FIOS 5.0/1.0, I get about 5.2/1.2, which is obviously much better, especially considering the cost.
The final straw for cutting the SE connection was trying to watch TV shows online (NBC.com, etc). The consistently stopped at various points, apparently long enough for the website player to figure the connection was lost and restart the show.
That hasn't happened once since switching to VZ. It *could* have been my router, but considering the cost savings, it wasn't worth troubleshooting.
I do miss my home hosting. It was nice to be able to RDP to my home computers, as well as have a few local websites. No huge loss, and I could always work around the FIOS dynamic DNS with something like the DynDNS service - but just haven't had the time to worry about it.
Phone and TV have generally been fine. We don't have any movie subscriptions (HBO, etc) so their VOD is *definitely* inferior to Comcast, but no biggie. The PQ is indeed excellent.
So the only real complaint is the billing. Will see how long that takes to resolve.
KM |
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bbtech6650
Premium
join:2004-10-28
Pittsburgh, PA | I've been told that you can get a business fios package with 5 statics for around $100/mo. + taxes... The speed for that price is 5/2. |
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dldegeo
join:2003-02-03
Princeton, NJ
| said by bbtech6650  :I've been told that you can get a business fios package with 5 statics for around $100/mo. + taxes... The speed for that price is 5/2. In NJ I am getting 20/5 for that price ($100 for first IP 20 for the next 4).
Perhaps you mistyped.
David |
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