I have a 10/2 plan and am more than happy with Fios. As the only FttH option where I live, I like knowing it is "future proof" I'm a phone call away from getting more bandwidth if I need it, and I know that I don't need to worry about my Tivo, or other applications no longer working due to extra compression strategies.

Its nice not having to worry about Last Mile Issues.

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I wanted Fios but I HAVE to have a static IP for my own Web Servers.
They stated I couldn't have one. I was willing to to take Fios if keep my DSL with my static IP address as well, but they said I coudn't do that either. Apparently it's an all or none situation. Go for Fios and lose your business presence with your own Web servers entirely. I can't beleive you can't have both if you pay for it. Cable seem to be the only way to go if you need both kinds of services.

God I'm jealous. Fastest upload I can get is 256kb/s. :(

Me too jealous about connection speed. I am working in Eastern part of Sri lanka stuck with 64kbs leased line at the office and at home with 115.2kbs (Actual speed is much slower). America is amazing.

No, Japan is amazing--- 100mb....

I had the Verizon 50/5 package and I tried to upgrade to the 20/20, but they wouldn't do it because they said it was a downgrade. However they now have the 50/20 for the same price I paid for the 50/5 ($89.95). Kudos to Verizon!

EDIT: I didn't think this was relevent, but I've Verizon's voice as well. I just hope this plan is availale to everyone, but I don't know if this price requires you to have a phone plan or if it's available to data only customers too.

This is all great news of course, but as well overall / worldwide infrastructure needs to get upgraded ASAP(how about min. equipment standards?)... otherwise we will wind up like countries who have widespread symmetrical 20-100mb service: speeds are good in-country exclusively, but actually can slow down to mediocre because folks access websites 'worldwide'.

Verizon has informed me that Fort Wayne, Indiana is currently the only city in my area where FIOS is available. I got the impression that expansion into other cities will proceed very slowly. My present speed is about twice that of dialup.

Thats awesome. If only they could deliver it to the highest density of population in the U.S.... MANHATTAN!!!

Well they do have it in NY State.

We will never see it in Manhattan. There is no competition whatsoever. DSL will stuck at 3 max and cable at 5 max. And during the evening and weekend, the max speed drop to 1/5 of their advertising speed.

What are you two talking about/ingesting?

1. Fios is actually available in more than half of Manhattan-- and parts of surrounding boroughs. It's the main reason why i'm moving.

2. With some rare exceptions, we're NOT stuck at those 3/5mb levels & there IS competition(granted city-wide-- rather than on a per neighborhood basis):
A. Time Warner silently upgraded all to 10mb.
B. RCN & Liberty offer 8-10mb.
Both A & B @ sucky uploads of 4-500kb.
C. Cablevision offers 15down/2up

ALTHOUGH you are right-- those stated cable speeds often dip to half, even less sometimes... and again, there may be an exception here and there(with really low speeds).

2. Fios(& higher DSL levels 'mostly') is dedicated line per user: the only type of service that would significantly degrade in the evening is cable & 'maybe' bottom levels of regular dsl-- those rated "up to xxx speed"... as other regular DSL delivers 85-95% of stated level always.

Worst-case scenario: Manhattan is 'only' able to get 20(or 15) symmetrical-- i doubt it though, in the business capital of the world.
FYI Google headquarters here are practically on top of one of the continent's fat internet pipes.

I'd be the last Verizon fanboy, but they're turning out to be very, very useful for business work in Manhattan: as well their cellular signal is the strongest in this area.
I'm rating their stock a buy-- subject to close & constant scrutiny.

Does Tivo work with FIOS?

Yup I got two cable cards from verizon and I'm using Tivo. Only problem is you can't get FIOS on Demand movies with it, but I never really used it anyway, and tivo has it's own on demand selection so :)

What about Cable Card?

Verizon is giving the illusion that it's a broadband and entertainment company. They are on a trajectory with folding like a cheap lawnchair when the American economy collapses due to a weak US dollar. Verizon has dumped hundreds of millions if not a billion or more on FIOS. When the middle class disappears after a collapsed economy, FIOS will be the last luxury broadband product that people will be going without..

you need to stop doing drugs ASAP...

lol

haha my thoughts exactly

Verizon, I'm pretty sure, knows what they're doing ... being the multi-billion dollar corporation they are, and all. ;)

we have dumped around 3.5 Billion In Long Island New York Rigging Fiber. But don't worry we will make it all back :) If you really want to nit pick how much were spending. We invest around 3500 Per House we connect.

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Multi-billion dollar corporations are, in fact, those least likely to know what they are doing. Dilbert has been saying this for years.

At the executive level it becomes truly frightening.

if they get any faster they will exceed the transfer limit of the hard drive.

I think you are confusing bits and bytes.

considering SATA-II interface runs at 3 Gbps, I dont see anyone having a residential connection thats faster than their hard drive. and i dont think many home users connect to the internet using 10Gb network cards.

I live in NH, Verizon is pulling up shop and selling it's lan lines to another company. no FIOS here (some areas got it before verizon decided to cut its losses).

Oh please come to the UK!

*begs*

I have been on the Virgin 20Mbps service for a while, and have applied for the Virgin 50Mbps trial and been told it will take a few months to come on-line.

http://www.digitalspy.co...-50mbps-triallists.html

Not as good for uploads though as the quoted speed is 1.5Mbps but its an improvement on what I currently achieve. More than happy with the speed but expecting 50Mbps to be quite a bit better. I will use the upload increase for certain, but you need to be a serious downloader with buckets of storage to get the most out of it im sure.

Yeah, what are they thinking with puny 1.5 up... if need be, throttle download to half or even a third-- & bump upstream to at least 10...folks would be willing to pay even more for that.

You would think so, I certainly would.

I like being able to dump gigs of data to my home PC during the day, but when im at home I have to save to USB when I need to take stuff to work. Not a big bind, but I have to make sure the USB is encrypted incase I lose it.

God bless Verizon and please come to europe ;|

Comcast will be hit the hardest on this one.. Time to DUMP cable co's stocks..

dude, their stock is in the crapper right now and it is supposed to even go lower. I was reading it is supposed to hit ~$12

Comcast already demoed a 150mbit cable connection last year. granted it involved bonding 4 cable modems together.

comcast already runs 100% fiber networks in a lot of areas. where I'm at, its fiber to the curb, and they offer massive bandwidth with it. digital cable offers ALL channels (2-999) in digital for cable boxes with cable ready still broadcast in analog, my 16/1 mbit internet never drops below 15mbit durring peak hours.

Very good to know about! Can't wait!

Stuck with slow Comcast here. Nothing like watching your speed slow to a crawl because all your neighbors are online.

Can't say I've ever seen that happen no matter the time of day or night. I hit my 6Mbps, server willing, pretty much anytime I want.

Are you perhaps on an overpopulated node that's due for an upgrade?

Anyway, I certainly wouldn't mind one of those FIOS connections, which finally brings Japan/S.Korea-like speeds to the U.S., albeit at several times the price (far above what I'd pay).

I don't know what the deal is...all's i know is me and all my neighbors complain about it, but Comcast never does anything.

Comcast is getting on fiber bandwagon as well-- but very, very slowly.
Depending on what part of the country, their speeds can be abysmal or actually very decent.

Sure, fiber to the node, then you have to share that node with all your neighbors. More neighbors hop on line and the slower you get.

Comcast is dead. Fiber to the door is the only way to avoid the slowness.

You know what i think.... some kind of very fast wireless broadband may arrive 'before' fios and/or other wired equivalent goes truly mainstream in the US(not just urban pockets here and there only).

I got Verizon FIOS a few days ago and I am getting 15d/5d and its totally awsome! Verizon FIOS pawns!

I assume you mean PWNS, not PAWNS right?

I've had it for over a year. Can't complain either, I'm just waiting for my Directv contract to expire, and then I'm getting FIOS TV as well.

no Sunday Ticket on FIOS TV though :(

Ha, ha-- misspell leetspeak and/or common acronyms & what do you get? A complete & correctly spelled word!

Yeah, i can't see ever getting rid totally of satellite-- I will end up having both.

Hmm, wonder if anything like this is available or starting up soon in Canada, specifically Toronto (GTA) area.