synth19

I want this NOW!

iamhomin

DAMN!!!!

I wish we had FiOS available here. Damn Time Warner bullcrap connections...

wndrlst

Yeah, I'm on dial-up for the first time in a while out here at the beach. I miss my FiOS.

mfkitson

FIOS!! we have TV available now!!

Goodbye COMCRAP!

MikeCLS6

Ill have to look into that....COX or Verizon..hmm. Will be calling to get high-speed to my house i just bought

dallison

i'm gonna call now to see when it may be available in our area. hopefully soon. i used my aunt's fios, and it is fast as hell, and i have cable

doopstr

From FIOS to dialup, I would slit my wrist.

BstonBruin

I'm sure some people on here are subscribed to FIOS tv. The new (a few months) is absolutely terrible and slow. I don't know how they considered this an upgrade, more of a downgrade if you ask me. Looks like nobody at Verzion tested this before bringing it out.

What do you guys think?? Hopefully they will change it soon, anybody know?

EuRTSX

She already does

wndrlst

lol

doopstr

We were supposed to get it a few months back and it never came. I guess there are too many issues. I'm thinking about ditching the Verizon DVR for a Tivo Series 3.

JJ4Short

I don't have it but luckily Verizon is big in tampa so we get everything first. My friends have fiostv and have had it for more then a year now and love it. I guess it matters where in the country you are in.

BstonBruin

^^ I forgot to add in that I was just talking about the television interface lol...the picture and everything is awesome just the interface that sucks.

Zippee

The "next" version of the interface is supposed to fix the problems. Even as it is now it's light years much better than Charter ever was.

JJ4Short

OHHHH
That I would not know.
I have never had cable in my life so any interface is neat to me.

Soccer_playa1579

ive had fios for a couple months and its the shit !

BstonBruin

Any idea when it's coming out?

Zippee

Your guess is as good as mine.

baby_igor

My neighbor got FIOS as soon as it was available. He is very happy with the performance, but is pulling his hair out about the billing. He did not get a bill until three months of service, and there have been many errors that he has spent alot of time trying to fix. Is this an unusual case?

Type Sun

I have FiOS tv, internet, and phone. I've been very satisfied the service. With HD-DVR w/media server, HBO, and Spanish package, I pay about $160 a month for service. That's cheaper than I was paying for FiOS internet & phone w/ DirecTV service. Also, Verizon is claiming 150 HD channels by year-end 2008 http://newscenter.verizon.com/press-...-fivefold.html

Acuraluvr

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holy shit. 150?

i think we pay 100 for our comcrap service with oly 30 hd channels...

BlackShadow

Damn I can't wait.
I got the triple play from Verizon FiOS and installation is 1/4/08!

doopstr

Yes their billing is fucked up.

iamhomin

FIOS still not available around my area.

goose25

Don't believe the hype about 150 true HD channels. We get about 100 of them from Direct TV but they're not always showing HD content all the time. Only a few channels offer that feature.

goose25

Same here, i really need to move

doopstr

most of the supposed HD channels never have any 16:9 content.

97BlackAckCL

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My 200 Channel service with free HD and DVR receiver is gonna cost me $42 a month, once it's installed next week. But I've been loving the 15/2 FIOS internet since I bought my house in august

Sclass88

I have FIOS. Gotta say that I'm not as impressed with it as I thought I would be. Personally, I thought my old DSL was just as quick as the FIOS... Not really worth the money in my opinion.

crazymjb

We have FIOS, are on our third verizon router, and are still having router problems. Cable boxes have also crashed repeatedly. Service also sometimes slows down to like 30KBPS, but that may be the router again. This is why I am planning on running network cable around the house.

When it works its excellent, but we have had a bunch of hardware problems.

Mike

korrupted

My cable was giving me 26K down and 8 up.
But it varies.

BstonBruin

They finally changed the tv interface I think yesterday. A huge improvement, everything that I didn't like about the last one is fixed in this new one

Cruz_msl

Hmmm, so I'm not the only one. I just had my router and one of three DVR boxes replaced.

The customer service was HORRIBLE. Probably the worst experience I have ever had with any company. After being on the usual hold for 20 minutes, I gave up the first time. The second time, 1 hour 20 minutes later... they scheduled a Tech to come out to my house. The only day they could do it was on a Tuesday morning. They promised between 8:00 am and 12:00 pm. After 1:30 and nobody showing, I called trying to find out what happened. Nobody could tell me where a tech was or when I should expect him. They were clueless. At 5:30 pm that day, I got a call saying that the tech can't make it at all. REALLY....

Totally wasted work day.

A second Sunday appointment also came and went. Same thing.
Now I'm really pissed.

Finally, after yelling, screaming and threataning a lawsuit for lost wages, someone waived the magic support wand and a tech appeared, replacing both components. Funny, this time it literally only took them 20 minutes to get there.

What a total pain in the ass. Expect the same, Verizon has over-sold their service and cannot keep up with the demand.

MD03CL-S

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Just had the triple play deal installed today and it seems to be working pretty well.

I am disappointed with the wireless in the router though. The wireless signal would just barely make it upstairs and when another PC could connect, it was so slooowwww!!! It took over 5 minutes just for the acurazine page to load up. This is only with one PC connected via wireless.

So I just disabled the wireless in the verizon box and connected my Linksys wireless to it and it works perfectly. Three PCs (all upstairs) connected to it fine. Excellent signal strength and I'm flying through the net.

JJ4Short

It matters what sites you go to and what you are downloading. If you are downloading from a site with a shitty server, no matter how much speed you have it will still be slow.

BstonBruin

We used to have a linsksys wireless router when we had cable, the one Verizon installed works just as well...the wireless is my room is pretty far from where the router is in the garage and I always have 100 percent signal strength

Sly Raskal

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Got a letter yesterday from Verizon that FIOS is finally available in our area after 3 long years of waiting.

I can't wait to put my order in, but before I do I have a question for those that already have it.

What do you guys think about the router that they install with their service? Is it an absolute requirement to use that router? Or is it possible to use a router of your choice like you can with DSL?

Do they give you admin access to make modifications to that router?

UGH, i'm so anxious to get the service now, but I want to be able to still have full control over my internal network.

mrsteve

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The router blows if it's the Actiontec model.

You do have admin access but it is still shitty. A couple people here are using different routers. I know Soopa and JJ are.

Sly Raskal

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sweet, so i'll assume that you can just swap out routers. If that truly is the case, i'm in business.

As cool as it would be to have the 15Mb plan, I'm probably going to opt for the 5Mb.

And it is the Actiontec model that they still use for their service.

mrsteve

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Unless you're gaming or downloading porn at a rate only matched by Whiskers you won't need the extra speed.