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Erial, NJ
1 edit | Move Faster!! I want my FIOS!!! | |
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albie81
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Mount Laurel, NJ
| Re: Move Faster!! said by Jodokast96  :I want my FIOS!!! no joke. i've been waiting for 2+ yrs now... and they keep saying "your town is slated for install, but we can't say when"
grrrrrr.....
on an aside, this past month, Comcast ended a promo-period rate i had for broadband, because i now am.. and i quote "In a Verizon FiOS Service Area"
this is not true, and was confirmed by Verizon, as they haven't run the fiber yet.... but... what business is it of Comcast's?
/off topic.
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Tzale
Proud Libertarian Conservative
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upstate NJ
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| Re: Move Faster!! said by albie81 :said by Jodokast96 :I want my FIOS!!! no joke. i've been waiting for 2+ yrs now... and they keep saying "your town is slated for install, but we can't say when" grrrrrr..... on an aside, this past month, Comcast ended a promo-period rate i had for broadband, because i now am.. and i quote "In a Verizon FiOS Service Area"this is not true, and was confirmed by Verizon, as they haven't run the fiber yet.... but... what business is it of Comcast's? /off topic. You've been waiting 2 years? I've been waiting since 2002 or 2003 when they were still in the planning stages. Luckily for me they went live here last month, and my install date is set for 11/20. You'll get it eventually, don't worry.
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Jodokast96
R.I.P Bassman442
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Erial, NJ | There's not even any deployment in sight for me, yet I'm right in an area where it would probably sell. They may be cherry picking, but not around here. | |
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tschmidt
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Milford, NH
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| Re: Move Faster!! said by Jodokast96 : They may be cherry picking, but not around here. When Verizon started deploying FIOS in NH they started in towns with economic potential (of course) and also where ready access to long distance backbone fiber existed.
Installing FIOS is not just a matter of wiring up the area they also need to connect to the backbone.
I assume decision to deploy FIOS is a complex mix of business, engineering and manpower planning.
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join:2002-11-05
Palm Springs, CA | Re: Move Faster!! Guess Again!!! | |
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| n0ym
join:2004-12-21
Rockville, MD
| No kidding. Would love to have it in my area already.
Not that I don't know it's kind of a big job. It took government funding and help to create the original telephone infrastructure. Perhaps something similar would be called for in this case. | |
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Plasticman
Will Work For Bandwidth
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join:2002-09-06
Harrisville, RI
clubs: | I can be patient Expecting FIOS to be available to me sometime next year in my area as they have already applied for a liscening agreement with State Regulators.
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join:2006-10-26
Worcester, MA
| Re: 2010 just because a major inter backbone runs through a city doesn't mean it is easy to share to the end users. from what i know, the problem in getting the high speed lines the end user is more in the cost of deploying and upgrading the last few miles, not necessarily the pipe from a central office to a internet back bone. sure it is easier to make the pipe from the central office to the internet backbone bigger since you only need to run a few cables and a long trench. the other side may require many many seperate cables and man-hours to deploy a new infrastructure along new equipment. it becomes a lot easier if you can make use of the existing infrastructure, but old wiring has its limits. | |
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join:2002-12-04
USA | Re: 2010 It's all the same. an ISP would not have a problem with this if they WANT to invest. | |
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imrf
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join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI
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| said by ztmike :Kinda sad that Chicago doesn't have any competition what-so-ever. Yes it does. There are Comcast vs. RCN areas, and there are Comcast vs. WOW areas. Plus AT&T mixed throughout. | |
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S_engineer
join:2007-05-16
Chicago, IL
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| Re: 2010 You call that competition...The Death Star or Comcrap with Wide Open thrown into the mix...geez.
ATT has their small radius for DSL but they offer it to everyone else at no guaranteed speeds. Comcrap is hit and miss depending on which block you live on. And WOW, along with Comcrap, has signal or lack of, issues. Plus they're heading into the digital turnover blind. WOW will probably be sold again within a year.
What a F*****g choice!
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imrf
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Utica, MI
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| Re: 2010 said by S_engineer : And WOW, along with Comcrap, has signal or lack of, issues. Plus they're heading into the digital turnover blind. I don't know where you get your misinformation from, but ok. And what is a "digital turnover blind"?
WOW will probably be sold again within a year.
Unlikely, but what difference does it make if one investment firm transfers assets over to another like what happened a year ago. Nothing changed.
What a F*****g choice! It's still a choice. Quit bitching.  | |
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ztmike
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Michigan City, IN
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1 edit | said by imrf :said by ztmike :Kinda sad that Chicago doesn't have any competition what-so-ever. Yes it does. There are Comcast vs. RCN areas, and there are Comcast vs. WOW areas. Plus AT&T mixed throughout. RCN is not in the same areas as Comcast As with Wow..only At+t is mixed in with Comcast.
WoW cable internet is basically a joke anyway.
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imrf
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Utica, MI
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| Re: 2010 said by ztmike :RCN is not in the same areas as Comcast Yes, they are.
As with Wow.. Again, yes they are.
only At+t is mixed in with Comcast. Incorrect.
WoW cable internet is basically a joke anyway.
You've never used the service, how would you even know. I've had them for over 6 years now and they are way better than AT&T or Comcast. | |
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ztmike
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Michigan City, IN
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| Re: 2010 If they are mixed in with Comcast its probably most of the business side of Chicago and not where MOST people live.
I know this is for RCN as i saw a network map of RCN, How would you even know anyway? You live 2 states away.
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imrf
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Utica, MI
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| Re: 2010 said by ztmike :I know this is for RCN as i saw a network map of RCN, How would you even know anyway? You live 2 states away. Because I know people who used to live there and a few that do, and have had the service. Both companies are overbuilders. They only service areas where there already is a cable company.
According to RCN they serve Chicago's lakefront, including Lincoln Park, Lake View, Gold Coast, Streeterville, Hyde Park, Rogers Park and more.
WOW has service in the following areas, Arlington Heights, Calumet City, Chicago City - S. Side, Chicago Heights, Crestwood, Des Plaines, Dupage County, Elgin, Glen Ellyn, Glendale Heights, Glenview, Mount Prospect, Naperville, Oak Forest, Palos Park, Prospect Heights, Robbins, Schaumburg, South Holland, Streamwood. | |
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insomniac
Oh Yeah
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join:2002-09-22
Naperville, IL
clubs: | 86,553 miles Why don't they say "86,000 miles of fiber" instead? I think that sounds more impressive, even though it's a smaller number.
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DaSneaky1D
one wall to block them all
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The Lou | Re: 86,553 miles It gives them a bigger e-penis | |
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danza
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join:2002-08-23
| Re: 86,553 miles said by DaSneaky1D :It gives them a bigger e-penis They should gone with inches, which will be 5.48 billion inches of fiber 
Sucks that I live in an area with AT&T  | |
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Tzale
Proud Libertarian Conservative
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join:2004-01-06
upstate NJ
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| Re: 86,553 miles said by danza :said by DaSneaky1D :It gives them a bigger e-penis They should gone with inches, which will be 5.48 billion inches of fiber Sucks that I live in an area with AT&T OR
Better yet, 457,000,000 miles of fiber optic cable!!!! | |
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McLovin
Chicka chicka yeah
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join:2005-06-12
Fairbanks, AK
clubs: | 86553.03030303030303030303030303.. miles
Enough to circumvent the globe at the equator just over 3 times... | |
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join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL
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| Re: 86,553 miles said by McLovin :Enough to circumvent the globe at the equator ... That sounds painful. Does it leave a scar? | |
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join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL
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| Re: 86,553 miles said by McLovin :said by jester121 :said by McLovin :Enough to circumvent the globe at the equator ... That sounds painful. Does it leave a scar? Circumvent, not circumcise.  Circumvent means to avoid or bypass. How about circumnavigate? Or circumambulate, that's always a good one.  | |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY | pass/serve Whats the difference between "passed" and "served"? | |
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Chris 313
Come get some
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join:2004-07-18
Houma, LA
clubs: | Re: pass/serve The difference between passed and served is that passed means Fios is available to a house and they haven't taken it, and served means it's available to them and they've taken it.
If it was even available where I lived, I'd jump in a minute. | |
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xenophon
join:2007-09-17 | Need for >5Mbps? Just wondering who needs more than 5Mbps. Are you doing P2P, hi def video streaming?
I dumped my 5Mbps cable for 1Mbps EVDO and don't really miss even 5 unless trying to stream hq video. | |
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devnuller
join:2006-06-10
Hollis, NH
| This is like saying your unit is 12cm big.Fiber is measured in route miles, not route feet. Comcast is claiming 126K route miles in the US (or 665 million feet of fiber) »/r0/download/1···ast1.jpg | |
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join:2006-07-28
Grass Lake, MI | Re: This is like saying your unit is 12cm big. Managers and the like measure fiber in miles. An engineer measures fiber in feet. | |
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join:2006-06-10
Hollis, NH
| Re: This is like saying your unit is 12cm big. said by Answer Guy :Managers and the like measure fiber in miles. An engineer measures fiber in feet. Datacenter IT guys measure fiber in feet. Real core network engineers measure fiber in miles or kilometers. | |
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join:2004-12-21
Rockville, MD | Re: This is like saying your unit is 12cm big. Real men use leagues
(28,667 leagues of fiber sounds cool) | |
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sholling
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join:2002-02-13
Hemet, CA | They past right by my town without stopping. It looks like they are cherry picking again. Passed us right by. | |
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join:2002-12-04
USA | Re: They past right by my town without stopping. I had Fios in Beaumont, CA. I was told by the installer that there was FiosTV in Hemet. You mena you don't even have Fios in Hemet? | |
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sholling
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Hemet, CA
2 edits | Re: They past right by my town without stopping. They installed in a few selected spots, mainly new construction and a very few hilltop estates and then moved on. Probably just so that they could claim coverage in our zip code. I haven't seen a FIOS truck here in 6 or 8 months. It really surprised me because when I lived in Chino Verizon came through the town like an invading army. When they got to Hemet they did like 1% or less and were gone. | |
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join:2002-12-04
USA | Re: They past right by my town without stopping. That sucks. Sorry... I guess they've spent their energy in places like Tournament Hills in Beaumont, Calimesa, Yucaipa, and Redlands.... | |
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sholling
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Hemet, CA
| Re: They past right by my town without stopping. said by yj4x4 :I had assumed I was in an area that would be passed by until the very end, glad I was wrong. They are really funny about how they select areas to cover and who they decide to bypass. When I lived in Chino I learned my tract was to be bypassed. A call to the mayor got me a contact at Verizon who explained to me that our homeowners association had blocked their efforts. I found this amusing and told them so, and proceeded to explain that I was the president of the association and that this was the first we'd heard of it. Three months later they were laying fiber in our middle class tract. We weren't alone. From what I could tell it appeared that they bypassed some of the poorer more heavily minority neighborhoods. I'm assuming that they don't think that there's any money in Hemet, which is just nuts.
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