  v35_pilotWhoops, there goes another AMU
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20/5 Grandfathered accounts not seeing the love?As a 5 year FiOS Internet customer on the old 20/5 account I am not receiving this reported "love" in upstate NY, while a co-worker of mine who had signed up for the 25-down package is seeing it.
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Re: 20/5 Grandfathered accounts not seeing the love?Verizon giving love, I'll have to check when I get home... | |
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|  agilityman00Dogs rule
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Yup, I'm seeing a speed increase on my 15/5 in Putnam County, NY.  | |
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2010-Aug-2 5:53 pm
Re: 20/5 Grandfathered accounts not seeing the love?Not me, same ol' 15/5...oh well  | |
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I am on the 20/5 account too with no additional love. I don't want to make a big deal of this because if Verizon may decided to lock things down. But on the other hand I wonder if Verizon is getting their network ready for something big and they doing this as a test. | |
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Re: 20/5 Grandfathered accounts not seeing the love?On a 20/5 myself, saw the increase last week:  Think of calling to see what the increased upload would cost. Need that more when sending large files to my work servers. | |
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| |  SteelyI rise when the sun goes down
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said by neftv:I am on the 20/5 account too with no additional love. I don't want to make a big deal of this because if Verizon may decided to lock things down. But on the other hand I wonder if Verizon is getting their network ready for something big and they doing this as a test. Those not getting "the love" may be out of the loop because they are data-only or phone-and-data-only customers. It's been suggested that you have to also subscribe to a FiOS TV plan to get the extra bump in download speed. I'm on a 25/15 plan as part of a Quad Play and am seeing 5-6 additional megs down. | |
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Re: 20/5 Grandfathered accounts not seeing the love?said by Steely:Those not getting "the love" may be out of the loop because they are data-only or phone-and-data-only customers. It's been suggested that you have to also subscribe to a FiOS TV plan to get the extra bump in download speed. That very well could be it as I am only a data customer for the immediate future. | |
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I have the 20/5 account and my speed did increase...  | |
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I am on the 15 X 5 Plan with TV and now this is what I get consistently:  | |
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| Korro
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 I think this website is off. I have the 25/15 and i am not even close. | |
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Z80A
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2010-Aug-2 11:54 am
Time Warner areas saw the same type of thingIn Huntington Beach, when TWC would roll out a speed bump it would be unannounced. And then later other markets would start seeing it and then the advertising would change. Perhaps that is what is going on with VZ. | |
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I am seeing itI am on the old 15/5 plan but am actually provisioned for 25/25. I was getting 25/25 consistently for over a year but over the weekend I checked again and tested over 40 down, never had I ever tested at this bandwidth. The timing of this post is spot on as I thought the exact same thing, Verizon is fiddling with their network. | |
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2010-Aug-2 12:06 pm
not heremy upstream is better but my 25 down still comes across as about 17 down here in Chino CA. I have been on FiOS internet for almost 5 years now | |
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2010-Aug-2 12:07 pm
Seems to be here in North Texas | |
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|  baineschile2600 ways to live
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Commonfare with multiple providers, but kudos to verizon for having, generally, the stablest connection Comcast 16/2  | |
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2010-Aug-2 12:52 pm
Re: Seems to be here in North TexasThat's power boost. These Fios speeds are real sustained speeds, 24/7. | |
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Re: Seems to be here in North TexasI generally see 20/2.5 sustained.... | |
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Re: Seems to be here in North Texassaid by baineschile:I generally see 20/2.5 sustained.... No doubt. | |
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Not exactly... I get sustained 3MB downloads, which is a 24Mb connection, while I'm provisioned for 16. | |
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I'm on 25M plan also, but I've been seeing 25M down and 25M up lately as opposed to the 15M up for the plan.
I occasionally see a speedtest with down a little higher than 25M, but big surprise is it seems to be 25M/25M now. | |
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2010-Aug-4 8:35 pm
Re: Seems to be here in North TexasStill fine here in Denton   | |
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2010-Aug-2 12:12 pm
Hooray?!After several failed attempts with Comcast technicians and their horrible service, we're finally switching to FiOS. The install is actually scheduled for today, so this news is good to hear. | |
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Re: Hooray?!you will like FIOS much better, I predict.
I switched from Comcast to FIOS about 6 months ago and it's been rock solid. On comcast our vonage box would lose sync and have to be power cycled at least once a week -this has happened 0 (zero) times with FIOS.
connection is also much less noisy - ping plotter shows flat lines on tracerts (+/- 1ms at most) with fios; with comcast it was like looking at a mountain range. | |
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always been curiouswhat is the most creative thing to use crazy fast upload speeds like that for? | |
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2010-Aug-2 2:05 pm
Re: always been curiousHome video monitoring, sling boxing TV, serving pr0n  | |
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Re: always been curiousI was going to say live pr0n in HD | |
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said by ArrayList:what is the most creative thing to use crazy fast upload speeds like that for? Here's a few ideas. - E-mail server for yourself and family, though this is low-bandwidth. - FTP server for yourself and family. - Web Server Or if you really want to get fancy and can spare the cash, you can install video cameras around your house. Then set up a secure web site at home (only you can log in) where you can view what the cameras see live. | |
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| ArrayListDevOps
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if i had the crazy cash for it i'd setup my own binary usenet mirror | |
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2010-Aug-2 12:25 pm
Uh ohNow that Karl has posted the story, Verizon will see it and fix the problem.  | |
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2010-Aug-2 1:19 pm
Re: Uh ohI was thinking the same thing.  Watch this be a mistake in the coding of provisioning scripts, that gets "fixed"... | |
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said by Jim Kirk:Now that Karl has posted the story, Verizon will see it and fix the problem. And I guess my thread on the topic with a few thousand views already did not already do some 'damage'? But all is good, the increase is nice, and well deserved... | |
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2010-Aug-2 12:29 pm
Byte versus bit?Could it be that the provisioned speeds are managed in a different unit than what folks are measuring? | |
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|  espaethDigital Plumber
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Re: Byte versus bit?Doubtful. Bit vs Byte would have to be off by a factor of 8. | |
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tmh
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2010-Aug-2 12:30 pm
No, no, no no....We've dropped a line to Verizon to inquire. Karl, Karl, when you're on to something good, the last thing you want to do is ask The Man "Hey! Why are you giving us something for free?"  | |
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2010-Aug-2 12:31 pm
Helps skew the tech support numbers...I know a cable provider that does this in The Netherlands.
They will advertise a certain tier for "5 Mbps down, 768 Kbps up", and then configure the modems for 6 down, 1 up.
False advertising the other way around? Maybe, but it helps on the number of callers complaining that they aren't reaching their speeds.... because as long as they reach 80% of the configured modem speed, they actually get very close if not over the advertised speed.
Smart thinking. It doesn't cost cable providers a hell of a lot more to have a "cushion" in place of say.... 10% more then the advertised speed, and it helps a LOT in keeping down the "the connection doesn't give me the advertised speed" complaints. | |
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2010-Aug-2 12:42 pm
25/15 is actually 25 symmetrical.Ever since the 25/15 plan became available several months ago, it has been consistently showing 25/25 in speed tests. | |
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Re: 25/15 is actually 25 symmetrical.said by Phil:Ever since the 25/15 plan became available several months ago, it has been consistently showing 25/25 in speed tests. And now my 25/15 connection is pulling 30/25. They are adding more fluff. Objective: get rid of the legacy 10/2 and 20/5 subscribers by giving them a little more reason to sign up for a new plan. | |
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yep, Verizon loves me.. or not!  below is a short copy/paste from verizon's own speed test : Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done SendBufferSize set to [522720] running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 23.68Mb/s running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 30.82Mb/s I'm on the 25/25 plan here in Murrieta, CA I average 25-30 up.. but rarely will i get the full 25 up.. | |
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Faster!!!Mine just got faster. Cheers FIOS  Speed Test #90897406 by dslreports.com Run: 2010-08-02 13:01:22 EST Download: 42516 (Kbps) Upload: 34435 (Kbps) In kilobytes per second: 5189.9 down 4203.6 up | |
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2010-Aug-2 1:12 pm
LOL - Thanks a lot DLRThe article says: It's not clear if this is Verizon simply giving a little extra love to users, or they're engaged in some kind of testing for future tier changes. We've dropped a line to Verizon to inquire.After they inquire, VZ says, oh yeah, thanks we notice the speeds are too high, we'll lower them now. | |
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Maybe?Maybe its due to areas that have significant Cable competition. Im with Time Warner on the 15/2 package in Buffalo NY and since Verizon Fios came to town My actual speeds are more like 30/1.7 | |
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2010-Aug-2 1:58 pm
FIOS In 11385fios needs to deploy faster in queens new york!! and destroy time warner cable with a peace of cake | |
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