Work Intranet, damn thats slow lol

 

 

 

gubt does some things right.

Would love to get FIOS, but I live in the Bergen Point (downtown) area of Bayonne. It may as well be the 18th century down here as far as availability of technology like FIOS lines. Verizon has "no immediate plans" to string their network down here....unbelievable.

Would love to get FIOS, but I live in the Bergen Point (downtown) area of Bayonne. It may as well be the 18th century down here as far as availability of technology like FIOS lines. Verizon has "no immediate plans" to string their network down here....unbelievable.

 

No more fiber is going to be laid to residential houses. If you don't have it now, you wont ever get it. You should be able to get FIOS LTE pretty soon though.. they will stick a cell phone antenna on the side of your house, and everything will be wireless..

I love my fios.. as far as customer service.. the few times I had to call about anything.. i was happier than when I had to talk to the numbskulls at comcast..

 

Optimum isn't too bad in terms of customer service.. but it seems like their techs only know how to drill holes in your walls and staple coax to your baseboards.. at my mother's house, one guy actually told me that FIOS is BS with their fiber to the home because cable has had fiber in their network since 1995.. and im like.. yeah.. to your head end.. I just saw you put a connector on a piece of COPPER wire.. and he shrugged and went about whatever he was doing.

 

At least with fios, the techs actual know what they are doing..

I just completed the call with a Verizon representative, where I ordered Fios Internet and Phone. I got the 15/5 mbps Internet plan and was able to keep all the features I love with my phone, such as voicemail, caller-id, etc. Since I'm going to utilize my primary phone line for the Internet and fax machine, I was able to cancel my 2nd landline that was used for DSL/FAX. My monthly cost will go from $132 to $60, by switching. I was able to schedule installation for tomorrow morning. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this goes without a hitch.

I just completed the call with a Verizon representative, where I ordered Fios Internet and Phone. I got the 15/5 mbps Internet plan and was able to keep all the features I love with my phone, such as voicemail, caller-id, etc. Since I'm going to utilize my primary phone line for the Internet and fax machine, I was able to cancel my 2nd landline that was used for DSL/FAX. My monthly cost will go from $132 to $60, by switching. I was able to schedule installation for tomorrow morning. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this goes without a hitch.

Hopefully, the install with go smoothly. Even if it doesn't, once the service is up-and-running, it'll be worthwhile. As a said earlier in the thread, I have FIOS triple play and I'm saving about $75 a month over Comcrash, without the crashes. Good luck with your new service.

This is my current results, however my wife is currently streaming Netflix.

 

 

 

The install guy has only been gone for a half and hour now, but to say that I'm pleased with the performance would be a gross understatement. The above quoted speed was that of my 3/1 DSL that I was paying $31.99 per month to have. Here's my new connection speed via my Fios Internet (15/5)/Voice package that I have for $49.00 per month for 2-years. On year-3, as it stands now, it will increase by $30, which still represents a huge savings of the $120 per month combined (DSL/Phone) that I was paying.

 

Thanks for everyone's comments, input and suggestions during my reseach period. As it stands right now, I'm glad I did this.

 

 

Now, get yourself a gmail email address and use it as your primary email address. That way, once you notify everybody about your new email address, assuming g\Google will be around for some time, you won't have to notify them again of a new email address, even if you switch internet providers.

I think I'll keep my current emails. I use several with the verizon.net domain, such as primary, alias email address as well as my wife's primary. Part of my decision to stay with Verizon was to maintain my current phone numbers and email addresses. I've had my Google email account since getting my new Razr Maxx, but I don't use it as a primary account. I do like the suggestion, though, this way you're not locked into a provider's domain.

 

OH LAWD. You'd think I was still on dial-up or something.

 

Oh yea, that's close to my old 300 baud I had back in the day.. lol

FiOS is it!