Verizon FIOS

tmh88tmh88 Pittsburgh / Athens, OH
edited April 2006 in Science & Tech
Hey, does anyone here have verizon fios service? Right now I have a 7mb cable connection (i think), but on the 17th we are having fios installed. I dont know the specs of it, but i hear its supposed to be pretty fast. If anyones ever used it, what do you guys think it?

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  • dawinnerdawinner Osgood, OH
    edited April 2006
    I have never used it, but since it is based of of fiber optic lines i would imagine you could have some pretty fast downlaods with decent uploads.

    Check out more information here

    http://www22.verizon.com/FiOSForHome/channels/FiOS/root/about_FiOS.asp#


    It sounds like a good idea at least :thumbsup:
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited April 2006
    While working for Verizon DSL we talked about how great it would be just to have everyone switched over to FIOS, less problems :)

    FIOS not only has great bandwidth, but amazing ping times as well :rockon:
  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited April 2006
    I have fios! Fiber baby! I had the basic package but than soon after went for the top of the line. It was 5Mb Down and 2Mb Up but I now have 30Mb Down and 5Mb Up... I love the service. the bandwidth and speed never waver...

    I think it starts at 39.00 per month here and goes to 116.00 per month if you want the business package, they have 50Mb down and 20Mb up.. But I have heard of higher speeds but the cost is just unreal :) like $1500 per month... if you own a data center I guess the cost is justified.

    I pay $59.95 per month it is much faster than Cable and I can download tons of crap on all 9 comps with out slowing in my gaming :) its funny how fast you can DL 40 gigs of data on this stuff :)
  • KwitkoKwitko Sheriff of Banning (Retired) By the thing near the stuff Icrontian
    edited April 2006
    Get FIOS!!! If not for yourself, then for all the kids jonesing for more bandwidth.

    Oh how I wish FIOS were here in NYC. Until they can get the cost down to where it's feasible to install it to just a few units in an apartment building, it'll never see the light of day here. Sucks because RR couldn't care less about increasing upload & download speeds here. No competition.
  • NiGHTSNiGHTS San Diego Icrontian
    edited April 2006
    Would FIOS be capable of supporting a dedicated gaming server? At the business package?
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited April 2006
    I'd believe so.
  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited April 2006
    I support 2 32 man BF2 servers and a 100 man TS server and still can download and play games like no other...
  • NiGHTSNiGHTS San Diego Icrontian
    edited April 2006
    Rent them out and undercut the big server companies for us!
  • tmh88tmh88 Pittsburgh / Athens, OH
    edited April 2006
    i have good news and bad news......bad news first - I'm only going to be able to use it for like 4-5 months because I'm going to college, the good news is I'll probably have a fast connection at college, so whatever. Either way itl be faster than what i have now.
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