FIOS Board

[WadeJ]

Tom, the restrictions are in place because their infrastructure is overburdened.  They are running out of bandwidth at peak times and in many instances are affecting overal network stability.  So unless they start rebuidling their entire network instead of relying on in some cases 15 year old coax, this will continue.  Or I guess they could figure out better and more reliable ways to compress other services such as on demand, VOIP and HD.  These new services like offering phone and trying to compete with High Def are killing them.  FIOS doesn't even blink when they load on more stuff since its direct to the consumer.

Yes, the money could would have been more wisely used on building infratructure instead of buildings LOL

For what its worth, Comcrap has gotten more reliable and consistant in performance in recent years in all of their offerings but this I'm sure has a lot to do with it.  Now its just being made public.

[Dubya91]

^ Very True Wade, FIOS can load and load and load and the whole system will STILL have plenty of space for even more...

[PcMan]

Comcast now offers in my S.Jersey area
Docsis 3.0 Modems with 2 new speed tiers

ultra-fast up to 30 Mbps down, Up 5 Mbps $62
Extreme up to 50 Mbps down, up 10 Mbps $139

with both you need to lease the Modem at $3 a month

I have Blast 16 and I'm told I will be getting a free upgrade to 22.
At times with the powerboost I get speeds up to 28 but average 16-20

I will just wait for now or until FIOS is in my area then make  Comcast kiss my butt.

[Ogolo]

Consumer Reports had ratings of Internet, phone and TV Service this month.
FIOS got high/highest ratings in all 3 categories!
They got very bad ratings for Billing, Support, Termination Fees.

It would have to be a very good offer to make me go back to Comcast.
(Or if everyone started limiting your monthly bandwidth).

The FIOSTV picture is just so amazing.

Only thing I hate is that you have limited battery time for the phone in the event of a power outage.  (Make sure you get a spare battery from your installer!)

[PcMan]

Yes rub it in you FIOS users with your fast upload speeds   LOL
I need to call FIOS to see what the ETA is in my area.
I call like every 2 months

if Comcast could get that 50/10Mbps down to around $79 i would jump on it.

[Dubya91]

^ You can check online I think Tom

Crap Warner will need to give their garbage away before I switch back over

[jglonek]

Yeah you can go to Verizon's website and put in your address and it will let you see if it's in the area.

PS: FIOS is great.

[rjholla2003]

I'm on the waiting list for FiOS. At the moment, I'm pleased with Cablevision, but nothing touches FiOS. Plus Optimum doesn't lock you into a contract, so I can switch at will.

[PcMan]

No FIOS here yet,But competition will bring prices lower
I here the 50/10 tier will drop in price by the end of the year

Also for those with Comcast in the new Docsis 3.0 upgraded areas your speeds will increase at no charge
I think it's from  , if you have

8Mbps to 12Mbps
16Mbps to 20Mbps

remember to unplug your modem for 20-60 seconds every few weeks to see if you get a new config file and increased speeds
sometime they also say to uncrew the coax

[Dubya91]

^ That myth or truth about the modem Tom?

Competition is ALWAYS good for the consumer...ALWAYS

I feel bad however, I wanna invite you into the FIOS crowd, but the door wont open so now your stuck in the rain

[innervision]

:::.. testmy.net test results ..:::
Download Connection is:: 8201 Kbps about 8.2 Mbps (tested with 12288 kB)
Download Speed is:: 1001 kB/s
Upload Connection is:: 1020 Kbps about 1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 125 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net (Main)
Test Time:: 2009/01/19 - 9:07am
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-P2TBAQEH9
U-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-JV80MQ3S7
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120122 Firefox/3.0.5 [!]

from testmy.net, also have the 20/20 fios.

[WadeJ]

To be getting numbers like that on FIOS you have to be using a wireless network connection dude.  Otherwise, I'd be calling tech support to get that line checked because the 20/20 plan should be blowing those numbers away.

My main system is always plugged in hardwire.  It's the only way to go if you care about real speed.

[PcMan]

Upgraded 2 weeks ago to the New DOCSIS 3 Modem and the 30/5 speed tier.
I'm getting more then double what i had with the blast speeds.

I may be the only one in my areas and getting very fast download speeds.
at
http://philadelphia.speedtest.comcast.net/speedtest/50M/index.html

I'm getting 60/5  and on
www.speedtest.net getting around 45-50/5

I'm paying for the 30/5 but getting at times the speeds of the highest tier 50/10  (more like 50/5)

cost me $62 but it already saved me days worth of download and waiting so to me its worth it.

try this link and post back your speeds so i can compare

http://philadelphia.speedtest.comcast.net/speedtest/50M/index.html

or

http://philadelphia.speedtest.comcast.net


NOTE: FOIS STILL NOT AVAILABLE IN MY AREA .but its a few miles down the road  :'(

[jglonek]

What the heck kinda tier is 30/5? I'm at 20/20. Your upload speed is pretty slow for that kinda downstream.

I'll post speeds when I get home.

[PcMan]

it's Comcast

FIOS not available in my area yet
yes the upload is crappy compared to FIOS

[WadeJ]

Try testmy.net for the most reliabe and true speed test.

[PcMan]

New FiOSTV Functionality Coming

Twitter, Facebook support and Internet video
04:55PM Friday Mar 13 2009

ReadWriteWeb has a good look at the upcoming Internet functionality Verizon is planning to offer via their FiOSTV set top boxes. FiOS DVRs are supposed to see new functionality this summer that allows them access to Internet video (via YouTube and similar portals) directly through the settop. This fall, Verizon is expected to integrate Facebook and Twitter functionality, along with a number of other useful "widgets." Users have been closely tracking the Verizon IMG evolution in our Verizon FiOSTV forum. Both AT&T and Verizon are obviously hoping that by being the first to market with additional Internet functionality, they can draw more customers over from cable competitors.