FiOS

[chcr]

Pesky arithmetic!

 

[rrfield]

exactly!

 

[tommyj27]

Well shit. Comcast has updated their AUP & it now includes PC language. So, I'll be downloading at or near 1500Mbs & uploading at or about 2000 Mbs come Monday the 28th.

I'm still pissed though.

oh shit, baton down the hatches!

 

[Gonz]

what are a couple of zeroes among friends

oh shit, baton down the hatches!

The coolest part is, this will be so fast I'll have read & responded to everybody before they are finished typing

 

[chcr]

oh shit, baton down the hatches!

[Pedanticman]One cannot help but wonder what an orchestra conducting wand will do to a doorway on a ship besides break against it.[/Pedanticman]


Psst... batten

 

[tommyj27]

[Pedanticman]One cannot help but wonder what an orchestra conducting wand will do to a doorway on a ship besides break against it.[/Pedanticman]

i think you'd be surprised...

 

[Inkara1]

This is what I think of when I hear "baton"...

 

[Mirlyn]

There's an article on it in this quarters 2600....a few nerdy tidbits:

Reported to be using the 70.104.0.0/13 block.

All connections from CO to the residence are passive--nothing to burn out.

On-Site UPS to provide 5hrs of full operation and is monitored at the CO for faults.

Verizon technical info on FTTP/FiOS (*.ppt)
http://nefc.com/2004_Downloads/FTTP_NEFC_2004.zip

[/drool]

 

[rrfield]

I think I just jizzed my pants

 

[Gonz]

as the stupid sign in my front yard says

www.verizon.com/getfios

are you qualified?

 

[Mirlyn]

I think the closest CO to here is in Texas.

 

[Gonz]

He's on his way. Soon I'll have no need to continue feeding the Comcast machine.

 

[Inkara1]

Freedom? That's Comcastic!

 

[Mirlyn]

 

[Gonz]

I'm so depressed. It's all in but something isn't right. They'll be back in the morning to fix it. Until then I'm stuck at

Last Result:
Download Speed: 6494 kbps (811.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 1844 kbps (230.5 KB/sec transfer rate)

 

[rrfield]

You poor baby

 

[Gonz]

Yea, it's terrible. It's only 20% faster than cable

 

[rrfield]

What site are you using to test the speed? I know when I test mine it varies greatly from site to site.

 

[Mirlyn]

I'm so depressed. It's all in but something isn't right. They'll be back in the morning to fix it.

Digital camera? Pics of the box/equipment? I've read all the speed stats...show me the hardware/install!

I've found these: http://mikesblog.blogdns.org/fios/
still looking for more....

 

[Gonz]

What site are you using to test the speed? I know when I test mine it varies greatly from site to site.

Speakeasy, PC pitstop, DSLreports...it's not fast enough. I barely notice any discerable difference from Comcast.