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Verizon FIOS
2009-01-17, 5:49 PM #1
Do any of you have it? Cablevision is getting a bit ridiculous... So I'm thinking about switching to FIOS.


How do you like it? I was thinking about the 20Mbps down and 20Mbps upload option. That sounds plenty fast :D

Although they do charge more per month for a DVR so thats kinda lame. Think I could make my own media center (hackintosh!) and hook it up?
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2009-01-17, 5:55 PM #2
The people on Revision3 who have it rave about it a lot, I'd get it if it were available out here.
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2009-01-17, 6:42 PM #3
FiOS is the only real ISP anymore, as far as I'm concerned. Cable and DSL companies are jokes. Their bandwidth rates and prices are awful. AT&T U-verse, which is their version of FiOS, maxes out at 1.5/1.0 Mbps. Are you ****ing kidding me? I mean, they have really nice SDTV quality and great DVRs (people used to say the HD sucked, I don't know about now) but the internet is just sad.
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2009-01-17, 7:23 PM #4
I thought Cablevision went bust.
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2009-01-17, 7:24 PM #5
Originally posted by Emon:
] maxes out at 1.5/1.0 Mbps.


upstream maxes out at 1.5, downstream maxes at 18.
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2009-01-17, 7:44 PM #6
I have RoadRunner Turbo and I get like 16/1. RoadRunner has always been terrible with the upload, but I'm pretty satisfied with the service I get. I only have to "deal" with it three months of the year, and the rest of the year I have University of Wisconsin connections :) (apparently, their servers store about 75% of iTunes music I heard from some tech guy there)

RR is still 50 bucks though. If I remember correctly, better speeds are even cheaper from FiOS. I wish they had it in Wisconsin.
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2009-01-17, 8:29 PM #7
Originally posted by dalf:
I thought Cablevision went bust.


Where did you get that idea? I don't really see any signs that Cablevision will go out business anytime soon.
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2009-01-17, 9:52 PM #8
Quote:
upstream maxes out at 1.5, downstream maxes at 18.


Being that I sell U-Verse bundles, I concur.

But ATT will rape their customers blind as well as slap mysterious and unexplainable charges on your bill. Its a jolly good time.

Unfortunately where I am we have either time warner or frontier, of which both are stuck in the dark ages of non-fiber networks selling for fiber prices.
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2009-01-17, 11:58 PM #9
Originally posted by NoESC:
upstream maxes out at 1.5, downstream maxes at 18.

Really? I didn't see that package. I know when my dad first got it, it was pretty slow. In any case, 1.5 upstream is pathetic.

Also it's ATT lol
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2009-01-18, 2:04 AM #10
Originally posted by Emon:
Really? I didn't see that package. I know when my dad first got it, it was pretty slow. In any case, 1.5 upstream is pathetic.

Also it's ATT lol


stfu.

1.5Mbps down / 384Kbps up is pathetic. And I'm stuck. .(
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2009-01-18, 2:28 AM #11
http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

Last Result:
Download Speed: 23233 kbps (2904.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 2659 kbps (332.4 KB/sec transfer rate)

20Mbps upstream would be nice, but I probably wouldnt notice. I don't do alot of uploading. Actaully FIOS's 20Mbps/5Mbps plan is much closer in cost to what I pay. That probably is a better deal, except I remember what a headache my parents had with Verizon DSL and I wouldnt want to go back to that. What speed are you getting with Cablevision?
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2009-01-18, 2:39 AM #12
Originally posted by EAH_TRISCUIT:
http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

Last Result:
Download Speed: 23233 kbps (2904.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 2659 kbps (332.4 KB/sec transfer rate)

20Mbps upstream would be nice, but I probably wouldnt notice. I don't do alot of uploading. Actaully FIOS's 20Mbps/5Mbps plan is much closer in cost to what I pay. That probably is a better deal, except I remember what a headache my parents had with Verizon DSL and I wouldnt want to go back to that.


FWIW, I had Verizon DSL for a while and it was fine..
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2009-01-18, 2:45 AM #13
Originally posted by JLee:
FWIW, I had Verizon DSL for a while and it was fine..


Ah, I remember my parents having alot of 'downtime' and the speed wasnt that impressive. It was probably a phone line quality issue.
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2009-01-18, 3:48 AM #14
[http://www.speedtest.net/result/392691714.png]

This is the best you can get where I live, in London.
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2009-01-18, 4:22 AM #15
75000 kbps download, 14000 kbps upload :cool:

edit: missed 3 orders of magnitude there, shiiieeet
2009-01-18, 4:38 AM #16
Originally posted by EAH_TRISCUIT:
Ah, I remember my parents having alot of 'downtime' and the speed wasnt that impressive. It was probably a phone line quality issue.


Well, we had a 768/128 line, so speed wasn't impressive either. :P
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2009-01-18, 6:39 AM #17
Originally posted by ragna:
75 kbps download, 14 kbps upload :cool:


If you actually meant kilobits, I feel sorry for you :suicide:

My cell phone, on cheapo proxied 2G internet gets more than that, something around 200kbps down, and 160kbps up. :awesome:

My home internet is around 800-850KB/s down, and around 55-60KB/s up. Terrible upload but it works. I have Road Runner.
2009-01-18, 6:47 AM #18
I use a local ISP. Roughly 750kbps down and 530kbps up.
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2009-01-18, 8:20 AM #19
Originally posted by EAH_TRISCUIT:
http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

Last Result:
Download Speed: 23233 kbps (2904.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 2659 kbps (332.4 KB/sec transfer rate)

What speed are you getting with Cablevision?



Download Speed: 8025 kbps (1003.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 2098 kbps (262.3 KB/sec transfer rate)

I don't know if we'll go for the 20Mbps up, but it would definitely get used!
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2009-01-18, 8:24 AM #20
I recently had to downgrade because it was freaking expensive. I'm considering ditching cable entirely, just getting FIOS, and not having any television at all.

I mean. I already just use TED and uTorrent to download all the shows I watch anyway.

But I don't think I would actually notice the speed difference. I can't afford to keep my gaming habit up, and I just let torrents run overnight already.
2009-01-18, 8:39 AM #21
Actually. Downgraded has had no effect on my browsing at all. Probably because I rarely got greater than 50kbs down from any particular website before anyway.
2009-01-18, 8:43 AM #22
Originally posted by EAH_TRISCUIT:
http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

Last Result:
Download Speed: 23233 kbps (2904.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 2659 kbps (332.4 KB/sec transfer rate)

20Mbps upstream would be nice, but I probably wouldnt notice. I don't do alot of uploading. Actaully FIOS's 20Mbps/5Mbps plan is much closer in cost to what I pay. That probably is a better deal, except I remember what a headache my parents had with Verizon DSL and I wouldnt want to go back to that. What speed are you getting with Cablevision?

Download Speed: 48426 kbps (6053.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 6391 kbps (798.9 KB/sec transfer rate)

Gotta love university connections.
2009-01-18, 8:53 AM #23
That is sweet.
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2009-01-18, 8:54 AM #24
Originally posted by JM:
I recently had to downgrade because it was freaking expensive. I'm considering ditching cable entirely, just getting FIOS, and not having any television at all.


We did something similar at my apartment upstate. It worked really well, especially considering we had an XBox to use as our media center :D
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2009-01-18, 12:01 PM #25
Originally posted by Zecks:
Download Speed: 48426 kbps (6053.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 6391 kbps (798.9 KB/sec transfer rate)

Gotta love university connections.


I got 122393 down (15 MB/sec) but RIT caps upload at 2000 Kbps per connection.

I like that my internet connection actually exceeds 100 Mbps. I need to have a gigabit connection to take full advantage of it. :XD:

Hmm, tried another server and got 5000 up. Shrug.
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2009-01-18, 12:05 PM #26
Last Result:
Download Speed: 6878 kbps (859.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 494 kbps (61.8 KB/sec transfer rate)

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2009-01-18, 12:29 PM #27
Last Result:
Download Speed: 26038 kbps (3254.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 3035 kbps (379.4 KB/sec transfer rate)

I have Cox Cable
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2009-01-18, 12:30 PM #28
Originally posted by Andrew L:
I have Cox

huh huh huh huh
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2009-01-18, 12:38 PM #29
higglety pigglety:

Last Result:
Download Speed: 6746 kbps (843.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 491 kbps (61.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
2009-01-18, 2:05 PM #30
Quote:
We did something similar at my apartment upstate. It worked really well, especially considering we had an XBox to use as our media center


Yeah, I've actually got my 360 (Which I hardly ever play anymore. Just... bleh. Everything is boring.) streaming video from my desktop to my tv. And I ripped my zim dvds so I can watch them on demand without leaving my couch. :D
2009-01-18, 2:29 PM #31
Being that torrent speed is mostly based on how many others are seeding the file at the time, how much if an impact would a FIOS line have on your download speed for a torrent? Just curious.
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