Comments on: Verizon FiOS Rocks!

By: Jeffrey Meltzer

Jeffrey Meltzer — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:29:55 +0000

We’ll beat CV just about every time :)

Jeffrey Meltzer
Director of Network Operations
Long Island Fiber

By: NinjaAdmin

NinjaAdmin — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:16:54 +0000

We have a 100/100 fiber pipe and are paying $1100 a month no blocking. @ home I have Optonline in a 15/2 ratio. Nothing to sneeze at seeming the jump in bandwidth over the last few years.

By: majortom1981

majortom1981 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:09:41 +0000

I am glad i live in cablevision territory. I pay $45 a month for 16.5/2 service. At the llibrary we have 30/5 boost service (which allwos web and email servers. They give you the option to unblock port 80)

We are also installing a long island fiber line with 20/20 service and a dark fiber connection between our two buildings.

By: Rarst

Rarst — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:52:20 +0000

I am half-globe far from USA so it’s probably not very relevant. :)

By: JP

JP — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:00:46 +0000

What Carrier Rarst?

By: Rarst

Rarst — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:36:59 +0000

Heh… Optical connection rules. My provider had some technical troubles this year (was separating into two providers) and for some time I had around 80 (eighty) MBit/s download.

My brain is never going to be the same after those days. :)

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:31:48 +0000

I’ve had FIOS for almost a year now. You can get static, but with the business contract, not residential. FIOS for business gives you 5 IP addresses to start, you can of course BUY more.

By: AskTheAdmin

AskTheAdmin — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:24:37 +0000

I'm jealous!

By: churin

churin — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:30:11 +0000

I had recently FTTH 100/100 installed at my mother's home. Unfortunately this is not something in U.S. The provider is NTT(Nippon Telegraph & Telephone) serving in Japan. The monthly charge in us $ equivalent is about $60. Quick speed test I ran clocked 55/30 from a server in Japan and 6/0.5 from one in California(DSLReports). So, we all have to speed up to really take advantage of FTTH connection.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:09:21 +0000

Where are you located major (roughly)?

By: AskTheAdmin

AskTheAdmin — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:08:46 +0000

Where are you located MajorTom?

By: majortom1981

majortom1981 — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:51:07 +0000

I get about 32/5.2 here with optimum online boost for only $60 a month. the advertised speed is 30/5 but cablvision took away the download cap and made the upload cap 5.5.

By: AskTheAdmin

AskTheAdmin — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:15:48 +0000

No Curious none of OUR readers would do ANYTHING like that!

By: Curious in Kentucky

Curious in Kentucky — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:54:41 +0000

Pirate movies and music of course! Unless they have that locked down? Do they??

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:25:16 +0000

Thats big! What's a student to do with all that upload speed? :)
Any idea what their backbone or isp is?

By: Sirrah

Sirrah — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:13:29 +0000

I have no idea how, but my ISP (University of Southern California – I live on campus) is giving me 9.5 down and 6 up!

By: Sean C.

Sean C. — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:14:26 +0000

My TimeWarner was really fast on the upload in the beginning and now it is also capped at 60k like the other guy. How long before verizon does the same? Do they sign off on a contract that those speeds will be available always? do you really need the 15meg plan for the tv? can you watch that on the computer? How much more is that plan.

great site and even greater articles I check back 10 times a day for new content.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:00:30 +0000

pretty slick

By: ccatlett1984

ccatlett1984 — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:43:58 +0000

the best part about the fiber is that to increase available bandwidth at the local node, all they have to do is change out the multiplexer at the node and the head office. Nothing needs to be done at your end.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:30:11 +0000

I guess it's in your best interest to keep an eye on your upload speed as time goes on…

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:19:47 +0000

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By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:19:47 +0000

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By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:17:50 +0000

I'm in West Palm Beach Florida.
It's just standard Comcast Cable modem service. (Used to be Adelphia Cable until Comcast bought them.) That one was a little slow…this one is more typical.
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By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:57:10 +0000

I'd love to know how (and where) you get that

By: AskTheAdmin

AskTheAdmin — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:42:15 +0000

Nice! Where are you located Ken??

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:03:54 +0000

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By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:03:54 +0000

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By: AskTheAdmin

AskTheAdmin — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:21:42 +0000

Yup you are right and Verizon just confirmed it. With bandwidth like this readily available just think about the next wave of bots pumping out spam and REALLY dos'ing sites at will.

Mo' Bandwidth Mo' Problems

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:34:57 +0000

Awesome article PD. Unfortunately, no they have not rolled out the fiber to my building, it's a pretty old building. But even if they did, the price would have to be comparable to what im paying Time Warner, because originally I was 'supposed' to be getting some 'decent' speed. I would be happy with 2 down and 1 up. I would even be happy with 768k up. But I'm getting 1990's style 56k. I can't wait for fiber. It's gonna be great!

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:26:29 +0000

I've been told by every ISP I've ever had, starting from DSL, that my IP would change. It never changed. I've always known all my IP's like phone numbers.