Goodbye DSL … hello Fiberoptic! (Verizon FIOS)
June 2nd, 2006 by Scott Janousek
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Loading ...After a few hours of installation at home (a couple snafu’s but nothing major), I now have a Verizon FIOS (Fiberoptic) connection.
So far so good. I’m upgrading from SpeakEasy DSL which has been great for the past couple of years. However, I figured I might as well upgrade since FIOS came to my area and it costs just as much as DSL.
I signed on for the 15 Mbps/2 Mbps plan. This is the middle tier (they also have a plan comparable to DSL). There’s also a top tier plan at $180+/month. That’s insanely fast. Like 30 Mbps/5 Mbps or something silly. That plan is for areas where streaming TV and Verizon PVR service is available.
The speed tests coming back look optimistic. Take a look at the before and after speed estimates:
Before (DSL):
After (Verizon Fios):
Hopefully my Voodoo laptop has a 100 Mbps card it (I know my Powerbook does) … otherwise it’s time to upgrade!
It’s going to be great having just one bill again for all the services: Flash Lite 2 enabled phone!, cable, fiber. Just as long as the service quality is there.
Personally, I’ve always had good luck with Verizon, even when I had their DSL service (before Speakeasy). Hopefully this keeps up with the fiber service.
Now to go download some huge a%% files, stream some video, and perhaps even an online game or two to test it all out.
June 2nd, 2006 at 3:08 pm
whoa, fiber optic, cool! where are you located?
June 2nd, 2006 at 3:20 pm
Massachusetts.
June 2nd, 2006 at 6:40 pm
Alright, I want to be your neighbour!
June 3rd, 2006 at 8:08 am
Dave, no you don’t!
The house next to me costs $1.7 million … and it doesn’t even have a backyard! These MA housing prices are just plain ludicrous … but not as bad as in CA.
June 3rd, 2006 at 12:17 pm
-tear- I want FOIS so badly. According to the guys on broadbandreports.com there is some legal issue with FOIS here in WA. Enjoy it!
June 11th, 2006 at 12:15 pm
I’m dying to get FIOS installed at home. It’s been available in Irving, TX for a year and a half, but I’ve been looking at moving closer to work in North Dallas since it was available.
So instead, I called Comcast to ask them how to cancel and they brought my cable internet (w/no TV) down from $55.95/mo to $34.95 to match the FIOS offer for a year. That ran out a couple of months ago, so I called again yesterday and they not only took me down to $24.95/mo, but they upped me from 4mbps down to 6mbps down.
I know there’s a Verizon FIOS availability map online, it just needs to be integrated with a Houses for sale/Google Maps application so I can figure out where to move.
January 25th, 2007 at 11:42 am
[...] Also Todd sent me a link to this guy’s blog post about getting FiOS service, and I think I hate him. [...]
March 2nd, 2008 at 10:06 am
dsl is great