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mts
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So going to be setting up FIOS in our new house. They have some pretty enticing bundles right now. I don't really care how many channels i gt but am interested in the faster speeds.
So basic package has speeds of 10/2MBPS where as the next one up is 20/5
its only an additional 10 bucks a month so i think i might do that. but will i see a noticable difference in speeds. I am not a huge power user or anything
So basic package has speeds of 10/2MBPS where as the next one up is 20/5
its only an additional 10 bucks a month so i think i might do that. but will i see a noticable difference in speeds. I am not a huge power user or anything
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I love my fios, I just wish I could of kept my 15/15 connection.
You could start out with the 10/2 and then see if you're hitting the cap enough to make it worthwhile to bump up the speed.
This.
Also FiOs is the only time I've ever been called by my company to tell me that they're adding a new plan that will offer me the same thing I have now plus more HD channels for less money than I'm paying now. I was so used to having to find that shit on my own and then argue with a rep about it for an hour.
i was supposed to be getting 3mbps here and that is about the slowest i would want so 10/2 might be too slow for me.
Got residential phone, and a business Internet account (I have my own Web servers at home). Been pretty happy with the service, and the few times I've had to call tech support (although I call in on the business account side, so I get a different support department...), they answered the phone promptly and were both patient and helpful.
The only thing I'm not happy with is that despite getting flyers in the mail generically advertising FiOS TV, it's paradoxically not available in my area.
I use my 20/20 mostly for FTP and filesyncing. It's a really nice feeling to know that when something doesn't work on the internet, the problem isn't on my end.
You probably won't be hurting with the 10/2 package if you aren't doing a lot of major downloading, but 10 extra mbps for 10 dollars is a good deal.
I had Fios in Tampa and it was glorious. Now I have cable and the differences are quite noticeable, and not for the better.
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The provided router isn't too bad. But using your own might be a tad more difficult.
big fan of Fios. house line, hdtv, regular tv, and internet.
I use the router they gave me and I've not had issues but I admit I don't watch things too closely. I know it reaches downstairs and allows me to stream netflix movies over my 360 with ease and 5 green bars so that's good enough for me.
I should mention that the upload speed drops if you get their TV service - I was going to have to have 20/5 if I got TV...
...no thanks.
The router they provide works fine, but I wouldn't call it great. It's worth noting that if you have Fios TV and want to use pay-per-view or on-demand programming, you have to use their router otherwise the set-top box won't be able to charge you for the content (the set-top box does IP over coax to talk to the router).
The router I have is the Actiontec, and it is GARBAGE. It's strange actually, because the router has tons of advanced features, but the problem with it is that it has an extremely small amount of memory for the NAT table. That means the number of connections you can make is quite limited. Torrenting with more than 50 connections will slow the router to a halt sometimes. There is a work around where you configure the Actiontec as a bridge and then you can use your own router.
Otherwise they will try and stick you with a Coax connection and you'll be stuck with their router.
Not exactly. If you go Ethernet, you can't get TV service then. If you have Coax, you can go through some annoying hoops to have the internet on yours and their router.
essentially you have to have it forward the internet to your router and then your router forwards it back over to that box. Its a huge pain in the ass. I decided to deal with the one they supply.
The latest version of their router is actually decent. Its no longer actiontek (thank heavens), its a westell unit.
I've got the 20/20 package, which I'm spectacularly happy with since I do my own web hosting for family stuff....
The Actiontec router IS garbage, and as mentioned above it is required to get the video-on-demand, or any two way communcation with Verizon...
But, if you click on this link here there's a walkthrough on how to tweak the config on the router to essentially act like a modem and pass all routing functions to your new, better router, and then pass the VOD back to the Actiontec...
Essentially it does Wall>Actiontec>New Router>Actiontec>Cable Box, works without a hitch....
I remember when I first got it my Dad, who's in Canada, was trying to download a 2GB file from Microsoft, he called to talk tech for a bit, and mentioned that so I offered to grab it and host it from my server... His download FROM Microsoft was going to take a couple of hours... I hopped in and got the file within about 15 minutes and hosted it on my server, from which he downloaded it in about an hour over his cable connection.
This made laugh because going through me still saved time... lol...
Enjoy FiOS... I know I do...
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All this talk about the quality of the service is dead exciting and impressive.
Oh trust me, they are still handing out plenty of Actiontek's. I currently work for a call center that does Tech support for Verizon's FiOS. As far as I've heard they have no plans on abandoning the damn things, no matter how shitty they are.
That's not entirely true. I have an ethernet only installation (ethernet to my router w/ ddwrt), and the TV signal gets split out at the ONT. Granted, I'm not using their set-top box (I rent CableCards for my HD Tivo), so that's the one caveat. Personally, I think it's the best of both worlds: great internet speed, great TV lineup, and I don't have to deal with their craptastic DVR. The downside is that it's a bit more expensive.
Most installers won't do that for you though. They either want to install MoCA or ethernet. I'm honestly jealous though. Most providers in my area carry the same DVR's. They are both really shitty and the capacity is horrid. (comcast and fios have the same POS DVR)
I didn't even ask for the westell unit. They were like "oh hey have a new router" The actiontek units are horrid though, just horrid. WPA wouldn't work properly for some reason.
Hey, how much do those go for? I'd love to do that soon.
That's not surprising. Verizon refuses to support anything other than 64-bit WEP. The other features are available, of course, but it does not surprise me to find out they don't very well if at all.
Check to see if your old tivo has a cable card slot. (it doesn't)
In all honesty, half the reason they're moving to fiber to the home is because the old Ma Bell laws require them to lease out copper lines, and these aren't copper. The speeds are pretty nice and all, but DOCSIS3 cable internet could do about the same. Still, beats their DSL service.
Eh. DOCSIS3 doesn't deliver the same kind of stable concurrent usage as the FTTP designs I've seen (and are getting implemented over here). In a single connection scenario with absolutely no context, sure. But real world and all that.
But right now I'm looking at the fiber splitter up on the telephone pole and I see one fiber coming out of it: mine. I think I just might upgrade to a faster speed; I'll damn sure get all of it.
They're about $2 per card, per month.
Yeah, but even at max load with 32 customers, the main trunking fibre will deliver far more data which will lead to a better contention ratio. Of course that itself relies on a decent contention ratio for backbone support, but it's a reasonable assumption in today's day and age, and considering Verizon's stature in the backhaul game.
Off the top of my head, the spec for Australia's NBN is for nodes to split to a maximum of 12 households.
How high, bandwidth-wise, do the plans go for FiOS?
50Mbps up/20 Mbps down in my area.
I can use whatever router I want, using the FioS Actiontec router/modem as only a modem. My DGL-4500 works fantastic.
Do you people not realize how to disable DHCP?
Also, here's how to keep your precious video on demand Verizon's awesome people help you out hurr.