Tomorrow's the big day

**Ron** · 10-10-2005, 05:51 PM

Fiber optic service being installed in my house in the morning.

15MBit down 2MBit up -- $44.95
5MBit down 2MBit up -- $34.95

Bye bye cable

**Vin DSL** · 10-10-2005, 06:15 PM

*Drool*

I would love to have something other than DSL, but I run servers out of the house, and everyone around here blocks the 'usual' ports except for Qwest DSL. Qwest even blocks ports on VDSL, which is fiber to your neighborhood...

I assume the ports were blocked on your cable service, but how about on FTTH or whatever you're getting?

**Spathiphyllum** · 10-10-2005, 10:42 PM

Originally Posted by Ron

Fiber optic service being installed in my house in the morning...

Who's your carrier? A local, regional, or national? I'm turning green already.

**Vin DSL** · 10-11-2005, 02:11 AM

Hey, Ron, why don't you get the...

30MBit down 5MBit up -- $179.95

...service?

**Vin DSL** · 10-11-2005, 05:05 AM

Originally Posted by Spathiphyllum

Who's your carrier? A local, regional, or national? I'm turning green already.

Do you live in one of the 'red' areas?

**Ron** · 10-11-2005, 05:40 AM

I'm in Massachusetts -- oddly the only completely red state.
(You won't hear that too many times)

Yup, Verizon.
My cable company doesn't block any ports that I'm aware of, but I haven't tried to run a server.

The $5 off prices are when you sign a year-long "price guarantee" contract. 30 day money back and free install offer.

I'd get the $179 package if I were going to go into the dedicated server hosting business and compete with Jag. Ummmm not. Although the Fiber does have an 8 hour backup UPS.

They pre-installed the system last Tuesday, so I'd imagine today is running some cat-5 for me (if not, I've pre-run from the cellar myself already) and testing the dang thing. I really hope they don't want to install some sort of package on my computer for this -- they did that with DSL for my brother and it wreaked havoc for a while.

NE way, I gotta run, D-Hour is in 20 minutes (to 4 hours and 20 minutes

)

<edit> PS according to http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,14307704 when Verizon wants to compete with OptOnLine in New York, they dropped the price of the 30/5 service to $54.95 a month!
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**the_ancient** · 10-11-2005, 06:59 AM

Originally Posted by Vin DSL

Do you live in one of the 'red' areas?

that map is misleadling

not all of those areas are served by fios yet. Those areas are verizon's wireline coverage, and MAY be served by fios in the furture, they have only projected to be 50% covered by 2008.

**Ron** · 10-11-2005, 10:08 AM

Still working on the installation...
...stand by for NEWS....

**Eric** · 10-11-2005, 11:17 AM

Well, I'm jealous.

Keep us posted on the service provided.

**Vin DSL** · 10-11-2005, 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by the_ancient

that map is misleadling

not all of those areas are served by fios yet...

However, those ARE the only places that Verizon will offer light swords. FiOS will not be offered beyond Verizon's wireline network... Ergo, if you aren't in the 'red' zones, you cannot get FiOS service -- period.

**the_ancient** · 10-11-2005, 03:24 PM

Originally Posted by Vin DSL

However, those ARE the only places that Verizon will offer light swords. FiOS will not be offered beyond Verizon's wireline network... Ergo, if you aren't in the 'red' zones, you cannot get FiOS service -- period.

true which is why I used the term "misleading" not "false"

Your post implied that all persons in the red zones could get the service, it will be 2012+++++ before verizion is rolled out..

Which is more hope than I have anyway as SBC in their "Project Lightspeed" will only be a FTTN but they claim it will be just as fast a fios

they also cliam to be 80% rolled out by 2008, but give their projections for DSL and the actual time for DSL I would expect my "Project Lightspeed" connection here in indy around 2199