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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:51:56 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Weak connection at times</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I got Fios installed about 2 months ago, and since then i've had nothing but problems. My connection frequently goes out. One week it will be fine, but the next week, I'll have problems every day. There doesn't seem to be much of a pattern.

Last week, for about 3 days it went out every afternoon between 1 and 2pm. I turned the router off, then back on, and it solved the problem until the following day. That was my only day problem. Most of my issues happen after 11pm.

I have an iMac connected with the ethernet cable directly to the router and i'm running a MacBook Pro across the room with wifi. Sometimes if the iMac is off, I seem to have troubles with the connection, but as soon as I turn it on, the problem magically dissappears. This has happened about 5 times.

Other times, I sit here hopelessly, unable to get a connection. It will come on for 20 seconds, then go back out for another minute. Off and on again.

I can't figure out what could possibly be wrong. I checked the router log and don't see any errors at all popping up. The outages are so sporadic (and so frequent. this happens almost every night recently) i'm starting to think getting Fios was a terrible idea.

I had Verizon DSL for about 6 or 7 years prior to this and never had a single problem at all. Now i'm lucky if I get a connection at all. It doesn't help that Verizon claims to not support macs either.

Please help. (It took me 20 minutes just to navigate to this page due to my current connection. This should not be happening nightly)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-07-27 00:32:49</pubDate>
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<title>FTP server MI424-WR  router</title>
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<description><![CDATA[how do I setup a FTP server MI424-WR so my friends can get files from my pc.  when they try they can't get to my ip eg 71.xx.xxx.xx.  seems like the router  is not letting them get to me ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-07-25 10:42:25</pubDate>
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<title>Help with Actiontec / NIM-100 set up</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I have FIOS and need to get a hardwire connection to a room on the 3rd floor of my house. I have the Actiontec router in the basement connected to the ONT via a coax cable, where the majority of my networked devices are located. Running CAT5e to the 3rd floor is not an option, so I searched and thought I found a way to connect a NIM-100 behind the Actiontec using the existing coax connection in the room on the third floor .

So I get the NIM, plug the power adapter in, connect the coax from the wall to the "CABLE IN" coax jack and plug a CAT5e cable into the "ETHERNET" port and plug the other end into my wife's PC. And I can't seem to connect to the network / interweb. Can anyone tell me if I'm doing something wrong or just not reading the instructions right? Do I need a router or switch connected between the NIM and the PC? 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-07-21 20:11:13</pubDate>
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<title>Internet keeps going out.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Ive had fios for a while but we recently got the fios tv installed.  They gave us a new router during this and now my internet seems to go off all the time.  I have to keep reseting the router for it to come back online.  Any solutions? thanks.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-07-26 18:44:35</pubDate>
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<title>(northwest) Everett / Silver Lake/ Mill Creek Washington</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Fios has gone live in the east Silver Lake area, I live down 116th just east of 35th and today I almost fell out of my chair when I hit the verizon fios site and it said order service today...well of course it did not work so I called. My inst date is June 11th. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2007-05-31 20:41:07</pubDate>
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<title>[ fiber tech] Verizon michigan?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I see they are running the Orange tubing down the street from me.  I dont know if this is my local cable company (they just installed new cable a few years ago for 10mb service and are now just about ready for 16mb service) or if it is verizon as none of the trucks have anything other than the names of contractors on the sides.  Anywho This would be between ALLEGAN and OTSEGO michigan.  Is there anyway to find out which company this instal is for?  They are about a mile from my house right now.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-07-26 21:47:45</pubDate>
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<title>Dont Let Verizon Cut Your Traditional Telco Line</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20845520</link>
<description><![CDATA[Read this story:

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - July 8, 2007 -- When Henry Powderly II ordered Verizon Communications Inc.'s FiOS fiber-optic service, he knew he was about to be connected to the future of telecommunications.

He also got unplugged from its past. Which meant that while Powderly was gaining features, he was losing some telecommunications options.

Verizon's installer - without warning, Powderly says - removed the copper wires that used to carry his phone calls. For most of the world, copper still links homes and businesses, as it has for a century.

Verizon's new high-bandwidth fiber lines are fully capable of carrying not only calls but also Internet data and television with room to grow. But once the copper is pulled, it's difficult to switch back to the traditional phone system or less expensive Digital Subscriber Line service. And Verizon isn't required, in most instances, to lease fiber to rival phone companies, as it is with the copper infrastructure.

What's more, anyone who owns Powderly's house in the future will face higher bills with FiOS than another home with copper. Right now, for instance, Verizon's DSL plans cost as little as $15 a month. FiOS Internet starts at $30 a month.

"I was not given an option," said Powderly, a 30-year-old Long Island, N.Y. resident.

As it hooks up homes and businesses to its fiber network, Verizon has been routinely disconnecting the copper and, many subscribers say, not telling them upfront or giving them a choice. More than 1 million customers have signed up for a FiOS service, which is offered mainly in the suburban areas of 16 states.

Verizon spokesman Eric Rabe said customers should have been notified at least three times - once by the sales representative when FiOS is ordered, by the technician before copper is cut and through paperwork given to the customer. Some customers say that hasn't happened.

The New York phone company has made it clear its entire network is going to fiber-optics. Verizon has decided to spend $23 billion to make fiber available to 18 million homes by 2010. Network maintenance savings could top $1 billion a year, Verizon said.

"It's a huge expense to maintain those copper networks," said Scott Randolph, federal regulatory director at Verizon. "At some point in time, it would not make sense to operate two networks."

Mark Cooper, research director at the Consumer Federation of America, says there are other reasons for snipping the wires.

"They don't want to maintain it - they don't want the expense and they don't want the competition," he said.

Under the Telecommunications Act of 1996, incumbent phone companies like Verizon must lease to rivals their copper network. That's generally not the case for next-generation fiber systems. And so far, Verizon has filed more than 100 notices with the Federal Communications Commission to retire portions of copper throughout its network.

The FCC allows the retirement of copper as long as public notice is given so the phone companies can work together to ensure the smaller companies' access. But rivals say access at reasonable prices is not guaranteed and it's just a matter of time before they're cut off.

"It's a horrendous situation ... We don't let General Motors build a highway and decide what size cars to let on the road," said Joe Plotkin, marketing director for Bway.net, a New York Internet provider. "The small guys have tried to fight this re-monopolization of the network infrastructure."

He and other smaller rivals contend the communications market is fast becoming a two-player game between giant phone and cable companies - diminishing consumer choice.

While AT&T Inc. and Qwest Communications International Inc. are also retiring their copper networks, they're not touching the so-called "last mile" of copper wiring that runs from each customer's dwelling to the central office where other lines aggregate. Laying fiber, a robust pipeline, through the last mile is much more expensive because each line goes to a particular home or business.

Verizon is taking the pricey route because it believes fiber offers a superior service that will lure customers away from cable operators, who now offer telephone service in addition to television and high-speed Internet.

Besides limiting options down the road, the switch to FiOS can have other implications. Unlike copper-connected phone service, FiOS doesn't work during power outages once a backup battery goes out - not even for emergency calls. Home-alarms and certain other devices work best with copper.

Rabe, the Verizon spokesman, said the company will restore copper to homes if the customer insists, but Verizon would rather not reconnect the copper and will try to convince the customer to agree. At any rate, the phone giant provides ample warning, he said.

An example of what Rabe describes as adequate notice is the fine print on Verizon's FiOS policy, which is printed on its Web site. It says "current Verizon Online DSL customers who move to FiOS Internet service will have their Verizon Online DSL permanently disabled after their FiOS conversion."

Bill Kelm, a FiOS customer in suburban Dallas, filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission last year because of Verizon's "inconspicuous" policy rules.

"It's buried within these long terms of service that people never take the time to read," he said. "It needs to be more conspicuous."

While Kelm has no quarrel with FiOS itself - he pays $145 a month for TV, Internet and phone - he would like to have been told before he signed up that Verizon would cut the copper. He was counting on Verizon's clearly advertised 30-day money back guarantee in case he didn't like the service and wanted to switch back.

"I blew a gasket," Kelm said. "The 30-day money back guarantee was worthless in my opinion."

He's also concerned that Verizon initially priced its current FiOS service lower only to jack rates up once the subscriber is reeled in.

"Then, you're stuck," Kelm said. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-07-24 23:21:03</pubDate>
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<title>FiOS in Moorestown - where is it</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Can anyone tell me why Verizon has dropped the ball in installing FiOS in Moorestown?  All of the surrounding towns in Burlington and Camden counties have it available.  Apparently when asking a township official, all you get is a run around.  We need to know the truth, if anyone knows it.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-07-25 09:14:32</pubDate>
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<title>Make your actiontec a bridge with VOD working with REV D</title>
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<description><![CDATA[OK guys, I've seen posts like these and once people figure out how to fix it, they don't post the settings, so that's what I am doing. I figured out how to get my VOD working with my actiontec bridged. I have not had any problems since.

Here we go, a lot of this will be repetative from other posts, but I want to list all of the steps I took so there is no confusion.

Configuration of your wires and secondary firewall boxes:
This config is based upon using a secondary router.

Coax -> Actiontec -> Actiontec:Ethernet connection1:RJ45 -> 2ND Router Internet Port(WAN Connection)-> 2ND Router:Ethernet port 1:RJ45 -> Actiontec:WAN (Internet)ethernet port.(Sounds redundant but your second router is the new DHCP and the actiontec uses that dhcp to give itself an internal ip and provide internet for your STB's

One computer plugged directly into your actiontect ethernet port 2

Steps:

1) There are two different ways to do this.
    a) login to your router user the admin/password1 provided. Select The Advanced icon on the top row.Select restore defaults on the left side. Select yes and apply.After it reboots you should be ready. 

    b) Press and hold the reset button on the back of your router for 15 seconds. After it reboots you should be ready.

2) connect to your router and put in your new password. 

3) click on My Network on the top. Then click on Network connections on the left side.

4) Click on Broadband Connection (Coax) -> Then click on Settings

5) Under DHCP Lease, select RELEASE, Then immediately after select No IP Address under Internet protocol.

6) Select Apply.

7) click on My Network on the top. Then click on Network connections on the left side.

8) Select Home Network -> The select Settings.

9) Under Bridge Section, Check the Broadband Connection(Coax) box and Check the STP Box on the right as well.

10) Uncheck the Coax and Wireless Connections and associated STP boxes.

11) Disable the DHCP Server under IP Distribution.

12) Click Apply and Click Apply again.

13) click on My Network on the top. Then click on Network connections on the left side.

14) Click Add at the bottom right.

15) Select Network Bridge -> Next -> Select Add a New bridge -> Next -> Check Broadband Ethernet and Coax. Uncheck Wireless. -> Click Next.

16) Check Edit the Newly Created Connection and click on Finish

17) Change DNS Server to Obtain DNS Server Address Automatically

18)Under IP Distribution select DHCP Relay

19) click apply

20) click on My Network on the top. Then click on Network connections on the left side.

21) Click on Advanced button at the bottom.

22) Click on the Edit button to the right of Broadband Connection (Ethernet)

23) click on Enable

24) click on apply

25)click on Wireless icon at the top

26)Select Basic Security Settings and turn Wireless OFF.

27) click apply.

28) Click on Firewall Settings -> Click Yes -> Select Minimal Settings -> Click apply -> select yes

29) restart your 2ND router and then restart your STB's and check your VOD's and widgets!

Hope you find this well!!]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-02-16 11:33:10</pubDate>
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<title>Verizon FiOS updating speeds</title>
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<description><![CDATA[http://newscenter.verizon.com/press-releases/verizon/2008/verizon-extends.html :

 quote:Beginning next week, Verizon will make available to more than 10 million homes and businesses the nation's fastest consumer broadband connections, with download speeds up to 50 megabits per second (Mbps) and upload speeds up to 20 Mbps.

Verizon had already offered the 50/20 Mbps and 20/20 Mbps services in its FiOS markets in Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island.  The company is now expanding those offerings to new Verizon FiOS customers in parts of California, Delaware, Indiana, Maryland, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and Washington, replacing existing offerings of 30/15 Mbps and 15/15 Mbps services, respectively. 

The mid-tier connection speed in those markets for new customers is being increased from 15/2 Mbps to 20/5 Mbps, and the basic service tier is being increased from 5/2 Mbps to 10/2 Mbps.  Existing FiOS Internet customers who are interested in the new speed options can call Verizon for information about the new plans.

To view customer impressions of FiOS 50 Mbps Internet service, go to http://verizon.wieck.com .

ok well i was wondering  that since i now have 15/2 will i have 20/5 

and is this free

oh and one last thing they  do this automatically 

(i couldnt find a thread like this)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-07-26 16:14:15</pubDate>
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