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Holy cow - it's fast. I did a speed test at: http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/I just hit Download Speed: 20644 kbps (2580.5 KB/sec transfer rate). On DSL I averaged 4,500 kbps Funny thing, my wife was pushing for FiOS for her office, but because she's tied in to a link (or some other non-sense stuff) through her office server, she's getting about 7,500 kbps. She's a bit upset!!!! No matter how fast the connection, the narrowest bottleneck in the system determines your speed. A 2:35 low res Youtube video loaded in four seconds flat. High res loads about twice as fast as real time. |
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Awesome, Mitch. I'm jealous!!
Just moved and lost Fios availability in the new digs. I'm on a guinea pig list for it though so when the network expands (verizon, which they slated at 6 months) I'm first in line...at least that's what they told me to give me warm and fuzzies as I know I'm number 1,900,876...
the fios tv looks pretty sweet too... |
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---just means I'll know the results of my sloppy coding skills a click faster than I used to. |
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Yeah, they have installed FIOS all over my area, but for some reason not in my neighborhood. I can't really figure out why, but it is a damn shame considering it looks like they are slowing down installations in my county. |
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It won't be long before FiOS is everywhere. Within 5 years, they'll giving it away to get people off of copper - WHY?????
Copper is regulated, and the big guys are forced to lease copper to third party service providers at set rates AND maintain the lines.
Glass isn't covered under this law, it's cheaper to run, maintain and adapt to new technologies. When enough glass has been run in NJ, Verizon will sell off the copper wires and bill what ever they feel like charging for glass service... TV, data, voice, etc.
By-the-Byte metering is coming soon from a provider near you. |
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