Comments on: Whats the Deal with FiOS? http://milkyourmoney.com/2008/05/22/whats-the-deal-with-fios/ Got Money? Milk the most from it... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:36:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ben http://milkyourmoney.com/2008/05/22/whats-the-deal-with-fios/comment-page-1/#comment-509 Ben Tue, 27 May 2008 04:02:05 +0000 http://milkyourmoney.com/2008/05/22/whats-the-deal-with-fios/#comment-509 @FFB: Now that some time has passed, I feel a bit better about the whole thing now. They really went out of their way to help us out and gave us some good direction on getting our land lord to rewire the place. Supposedly the data transfer does not discriminate from video on demand and your internet connection so it jumps close to 30 when you have on demand and I am curious to try it. @hank: Nah your not in quarantine, I think the comments don't allow for it...one more thing on my list of things to fix! You put up some good numbers though! @FFB: Now that some time has passed, I feel a bit better about the whole thing now. They really went out of their way to help us out and gave us some good direction on getting our land lord to rewire the place. Supposedly the data transfer does not discriminate from video on demand and your internet connection so it jumps close to 30 when you have on demand and I am curious to try it.

@hank: Nah your not in quarantine, I think the comments don’t allow for it…one more thing on my list of things to fix! You put up some good numbers though!

]]> By: hank http://milkyourmoney.com/2008/05/22/whats-the-deal-with-fios/comment-page-1/#comment-498 hank Fri, 23 May 2008 23:00:31 +0000 http://milkyourmoney.com/2008/05/22/whats-the-deal-with-fios/#comment-498 Hm - apparently it didn't like my image post, or maybe I live in quarantine now - but in case it did neither, I said it's a pain that you got such crappy customer service from them but good that you got in! My speed is <a href="http://myinvestingblog.com/MIBimages/mib%20speakeasy.JPG" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>, and you've got my by a few kbps. :) Hm – apparently it didn’t like my image post, or maybe I live in quarantine now – but in case it did neither, I said it’s a pain that you got such crappy customer service from them but good that you got in! My speed is HERE, and you’ve got my by a few kbps. :)

]]> By: hank http://milkyourmoney.com/2008/05/22/whats-the-deal-with-fios/comment-page-1/#comment-497 hank Fri, 23 May 2008 22:58:51 +0000 http://milkyourmoney.com/2008/05/22/whats-the-deal-with-fios/#comment-497 yea, that's pretty poor customer service for sure. But, you got what you were looking for! :) You still got me by a few kbps - ;) Let's see if your comment section takes images: http://myinvestingblog.com/MIBimages/mib%20speakeasy.JPG yea, that’s pretty poor customer service for sure. But, you got what you were looking for! :)

You still got me by a few kbps – ;)

Let’s see if your comment section takes images:
http://myinvestingblog.com/MIBimages/mib%20speakeasy.JPG

]]> By: FFB http://milkyourmoney.com/2008/05/22/whats-the-deal-with-fios/comment-page-1/#comment-495 FFB Fri, 23 May 2008 14:11:13 +0000 http://milkyourmoney.com/2008/05/22/whats-the-deal-with-fios/#comment-495 Hmm, makes me feel good that they don't have Fios where I live yet. I inquired about it too. We went with a cable connection instead. I'll have to try the speed test when I get home. Thanks! Hmm, makes me feel good that they don’t have Fios where I live yet. I inquired about it too. We went with a cable connection instead. I’ll have to try the speed test when I get home. Thanks!

]]> By: Ben http://milkyourmoney.com/2008/05/22/whats-the-deal-with-fios/comment-page-1/#comment-494 Ben Fri, 23 May 2008 12:52:02 +0000 http://milkyourmoney.com/2008/05/22/whats-the-deal-with-fios/#comment-494 @Will: Thanks for clarifying, I should have been more explicit. And yes the through put is nice, how is it where you are? @Will: Thanks for clarifying, I should have been more explicit. And yes the through put is nice, how is it where you are?

]]> By: Will http://milkyourmoney.com/2008/05/22/whats-the-deal-with-fios/comment-page-1/#comment-493 Will Fri, 23 May 2008 12:40:34 +0000 http://milkyourmoney.com/2008/05/22/whats-the-deal-with-fios/#comment-493 Just to clarify, Verizon does typically run fiber to the dwelling in the case of a single family home, however, in an apartment scenario they generally run FIOS to the phone closet for the building and then break out the fiber into VDSL (Very High Speed DSL) service to be able to distribute it to the individual residences via POTS. So while it is DSL coming into your apartment, its leaps and bounds beyond standard DSL. Sounds like in your situation the phone lines would be the issue, doesn’t look to be affecting the throughput though! Nice. Just to clarify, Verizon does typically run fiber to the dwelling in the case of a single family home, however, in an apartment scenario they generally run FIOS to the phone closet for the building and then break out the fiber into VDSL (Very High Speed DSL) service to be able to distribute it to the individual residences via POTS. So while it is DSL coming into your apartment, its leaps and bounds beyond standard DSL. Sounds like in your situation the phone lines would be the issue, doesn’t look to be affecting the throughput though! Nice.

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