Shirona, I'm a bit confused. Is there a relation between squirrels and cheap fiber? Do squirrels prefer cheap fiber and expensive fiber?
Cheers, --Christer On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 12:02 AM, Shirona A. Gunawardhana <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ Fwlug mailing list [email protected] http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org
