Rob, I had 4 problems with Verizon 1) The cheap fiber wiring they did from their switch to our house was not good. I pointed that out to the engineer but I was told it was done due to cost cutting they had to do in that phase. Our area was the second area to get FIOS in Fort Wayne. Somehow the squirrels were messing with their fiber and I could not get the Verizon folks run it underground. 2) When I called Verizon for service they told me I am not a FIOS customer. One person told me I can't even have FIOS at my address. Then his supervisor told me I have FIOS TV and FIOS phone but according to their billing I was never a FIOS internet customer. I was on paperless auto pay by CC and the payment was never late. I had to go paper billing again so that I could fax them the payment receipts to get service. 3) After I returned my equipment and cancelled the service they billed me for 3 more months. I had to fax them the equipment return receipt several times to get a refund. They still owe me $32.07. 4) My battery went bad in the FIOS backup battery unit inside the house. They wanted charge me $170 to replace the battery which is $22 @ Radio Shack. They told me if I replace the battery they will not do any repairs to the unit but I did it anyway. The top speeds that I had with Verizon were 7Mbps download and 6Mbps upload and it was almost always that speed. I know they have faster speeds now. The top speeds that I had with Comcast were 37Mbps download and 12Mbps upload but it fluctuates a lot. Right now it is 21 down and 4.7 (the very latest test) but I am on a plan that I pay only $19.99/month :) We have Dish Satellite and I know it is not good as FIOS TV (when it rains hard we lose the signal) but I get all the HD channels, DVR for 2 rooms for $34.95/month. I used to pay Verizon about $145/month but we now pay $62/month even with taxes. I setup my own VOIP service for home phone and it cost me about $8 month but it gives me way too many options than the FIOS phone and it is cool. Regards, Shirona BTW: Your parties ROCK!
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rob Ludwick Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 11:06 PM To: Fort Wayne Linux Users Group Subject: Re: [fwlug] Google gigabit access in Fort Wayne It's too bad that you had problems with Verizon. I actually have had more problems with Comcast than my current fios conneciton. The cable modem would drop for days at a time. :/ I am pretty sure it's just the ONT (the box on the side of my house) and the upstream equipment that prevents me going to 1Gbps. This is the Verizon stance on the equipment currently. Verizon splits the signal 32 ways through refraction, but the fiber itself is capable of Gbps data. http://www.dslreports.com/faq/16202 There's also a 10G-EPON standard approved last year. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10G-EPON On Wed, 2010-02-17 at 15:40 -0500, Shirona A. Gunawardhana wrote: > Mitch Harper (city council) is working hard on getting Google to work > with For Wayne. The fiber that we currently have is mostly residential > quality that can support up to 100Mbps but Google is talking about > commercial grade 1000Mbps. The FIOS connection I had was so poorly > done and I had to call Verizon several times (I was out of service for > days sometimes) before giving it up for Comcast. Comcast upload speeds > are not that great but it works without interruption. > > Shirona > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rich Gilson > Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 3:04 PM > To: Fort Wayne Linux Users Group > Subject: Re: [fwlug] Google gigabit access in Fort Wayne > > > > > Fort Wayne actually does have fiber. How much, I don't know for sure, > but it is there. > > Rich > > On Feb 17, 2010 2:53 PM, "Don Pobanz" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi all, > > This sounds interesting. However, to my knowledge Fort Wayne > does not own much infrastructure that could be used for this. > (I have only lived in FW a year and a half so could be wrong). > They don't have electric utilities like some municipalities > nor cable TV. I don't know if the traffic signals are > connected via fiber. > > I'm sure google would want fiber in place or if not in place, > then at least poles or conduit where fiber could be installed > at a minimal cost. Is there any chance that the city of Fort > Wayne has that? > > Don Pobanz > Former Municipality employee (working in communications) in > Hastings Nebraska. > > > > On 2/17/2010 11:02 AM, MikeD (2) wrote: > > > > Hello Luggers, > > > > Check this out: http://www.goog... > > _______________________________________________ > Fwlug mailing list > [email protected] > http://for... > > _______________________________________________ > Fwlug mailing list > [email protected] > http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org _______________________________________________ Fwlug mailing list [email protected] http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org _______________________________________________ Fwlug mailing list [email protected] http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org
