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Return of the Ring
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Originally Posted by Whiskers
Its more of the quality on the laptop...
Return of the Ring
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At least your team is in the same division as the Eagles, so you'll get to watch their 2 games against Philly on TV, plus I'm sure they've got a couple of Sunday and Monday Night games this year, being the defending champs and all. Wish I could say the same for my Dolphins... 
I've been Canonized ;)
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From: FL
A few weeks ago they marked our road with all kinds of numbering and lawn flags. Last week the had some 20 or so people tearing up the lawns and installing large boxes in the ground in some of the yards ( mine was one). I'm assuming this is a fiber upgrade from Verizon. We currently have BrightHouse and are disappointed w/ their "HD" lineup.
So, does Verizon contact you about Fios being ready in your neighborhood and are there any discounts for bundling? I currently have Verizon as home phone and have them for cell service too.
So, does Verizon contact you about Fios being ready in your neighborhood and are there any discounts for bundling? I currently have Verizon as home phone and have them for cell service too.
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From: Jersey
Originally Posted by LKLD
So, does Verizon contact you about Fios being ready in your neighborhood and are there any discounts for bundling? I currently have Verizon as home phone and have them for cell service too.
hm, this is my test result from Speakeasy
Last Result:
Download Speed: 15729 kbps (1966.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 1204 kbps (150.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
I have Comcast Cable btw.
It seems like cable is on par with FiOS to me.
Last Result:
Download Speed: 15729 kbps (1966.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 1204 kbps (150.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
I have Comcast Cable btw.
It seems like cable is on par with FiOS to me.
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From: Chicago
Originally Posted by CaliChris517
i love my comcast cable connection....
Last edited by svtmike; Jul 28, 2008 at 10:24 PM.
Sanest Florida Man
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HOw many people are seeding/leeching? They may all have shitty up speeds so FiOS can't change that. Are there any installation costs or hidden charges for signing up with FiOS? I should be getting it soon but I want to know ahead of time.
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From: PA
Originally Posted by #1 DOUCHER
HOw many people are seeding/leeching? They may all have shitty up speeds so FiOS can't change that. Are there any installation costs or hidden charges for signing up with FiOS? I should be getting it soon but I want to know ahead of time.
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From: PA
Originally Posted by #1 DOUCHER
Can you please tell me what package you got and what the installation charges were?
Safety Car
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Just talked to FIOS pre-sales. Phone+top-tier Inet (20up/20down) only $85/mo? That's what our current phone bill is! I feel like those people who discover that they've been paying twice as much as everyone else for years because they were never told there was a better offer.
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Just talked to FIOS pre-sales. Phone+top-tier Inet (20up/20down) only $85/mo? That's what our current phone bill is! I feel like those people who discover that they've been paying twice as much as everyone else for years because they were never told there was a better offer.
Obviously with my own network setup, I don't want this. How should I approach this topic with the install tech? And I'm considering running 2 CAT5 lines out to the existing grey box outside, one for inside phone wiring and maybe he can use the other for network right to my router.
Worst case, I let him set up his wireless router with my spare notebook, then reconfigure everything after he leaves.
What experiences have others had?
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From: PA
^^Just get the WEP key. Other then that, just run cat 5 out of the router...
I been looking for this thread...
(pluses) - Fast Internet, lots of channels, Streaming DVR, Media Manager (can play my music from my PC to the TV and Stereo).
(minuses) - More expensive then comcast, guide kinda sucks, I get a lot of dead time on the TV (like its trying to catch up with the digital signal)
I been looking for this thread...
(pluses) - Fast Internet, lots of channels, Streaming DVR, Media Manager (can play my music from my PC to the TV and Stereo).
(minuses) - More expensive then comcast, guide kinda sucks, I get a lot of dead time on the TV (like its trying to catch up with the digital signal)
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^^Just get the WEP key. Other then that, just run cat 5 out of the router...
I been looking for this thread...
(pluses) - Fast Internet, lots of channels, Streaming DVR, Media Manager (can play my music from my PC to the TV and Stereo).
(minuses) - More expensive then comcast, guide kinda sucks, I get a lot of dead time on the TV (like its trying to catch up with the digital signal)
I been looking for this thread...
(pluses) - Fast Internet, lots of channels, Streaming DVR, Media Manager (can play my music from my PC to the TV and Stereo).
(minuses) - More expensive then comcast, guide kinda sucks, I get a lot of dead time on the TV (like its trying to catch up with the digital signal)
crapcast will/are limiting d/l's.
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Now on FIOS. It's pretty nice, I guess. Not an incredible amount of difference. It took probably about 6 hours total and a lot of the setbacks were my doing.
The root cause of our troubles was the splitter I was using. I have all my coax coming from a closet with one of these splitters (Leviton 47692).
As it turns out, this splitter, while powered and bandwidth-capable up to 2ghz, is not bi-directional. They have newer models that are, but that's not mine. And that's what you need. So we're using a passive splitter now.
The first problem was email delivery. I had to change the SMTP service settings on my SBS server to use outgoing.verizon.net and do basic authentication using my new Verizon account.
Second was the interactive features on the set top boxes. They wouldn't get DHCP addresses. First, they suspected it was because I changed the router IP to 10.x.x.x from 192.168.1.x. They they told me the set top boxes had to get DHCP addresses from the router itself, not from a Windows server. Both of these turned out to be false. The splitter was not allowing the DHCP request to travel back to the server (non-bi-directional).
So now, I have my 10.x.x.x network, with DHCP served by my SBS server, the set top boxes are getting IP addresses from SBS, Exchange is forwarding to Verizon's mail server, and all that's left for me is cleanup of cabling in the closet. Oh, and a planned purchase of the newer Leviton splitter.
The root cause of our troubles was the splitter I was using. I have all my coax coming from a closet with one of these splitters (Leviton 47692).
As it turns out, this splitter, while powered and bandwidth-capable up to 2ghz, is not bi-directional. They have newer models that are, but that's not mine. And that's what you need. So we're using a passive splitter now.
The first problem was email delivery. I had to change the SMTP service settings on my SBS server to use outgoing.verizon.net and do basic authentication using my new Verizon account.
Second was the interactive features on the set top boxes. They wouldn't get DHCP addresses. First, they suspected it was because I changed the router IP to 10.x.x.x from 192.168.1.x. They they told me the set top boxes had to get DHCP addresses from the router itself, not from a Windows server. Both of these turned out to be false. The splitter was not allowing the DHCP request to travel back to the server (non-bi-directional).
So now, I have my 10.x.x.x network, with DHCP served by my SBS server, the set top boxes are getting IP addresses from SBS, Exchange is forwarding to Verizon's mail server, and all that's left for me is cleanup of cabling in the closet. Oh, and a planned purchase of the newer Leviton splitter.
nnInn
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Surprised that with you in NoVa you don't have access to it yet. Show them the pictures of you in the pretty girls thread. They have you hooked before the end of next week.
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this is in my area:
http://www22.verizon.com/Content/FiO...?zipCode=11235
Change the zip code to get your area...
http://www22.verizon.com/Content/FiO...?zipCode=11235
Change the zip code to get your area...
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From: Florida
Now on FIOS. It's pretty nice, I guess. Not an incredible amount of difference. It took probably about 6 hours total and a lot of the setbacks were my doing.
The root cause of our troubles was the splitter I was using. I have all my coax coming from a closet with one of these splitters (Leviton 47692).
As it turns out, this splitter, while powered and bandwidth-capable up to 2ghz, is not bi-directional. They have newer models that are, but that's not mine. And that's what you need. So we're using a passive splitter now.
The first problem was email delivery. I had to change the SMTP service settings on my SBS server to use outgoing.verizon.net and do basic authentication using my new Verizon account.
Second was the interactive features on the set top boxes. They wouldn't get DHCP addresses. First, they suspected it was because I changed the router IP to 10.x.x.x from 192.168.1.x. They they told me the set top boxes had to get DHCP addresses from the router itself, not from a Windows server. Both of these turned out to be false. The splitter was not allowing the DHCP request to travel back to the server (non-bi-directional).
So now, I have my 10.x.x.x network, with DHCP served by my SBS server, the set top boxes are getting IP addresses from SBS, Exchange is forwarding to Verizon's mail server, and all that's left for me is cleanup of cabling in the closet. Oh, and a planned purchase of the newer Leviton splitter.
The root cause of our troubles was the splitter I was using. I have all my coax coming from a closet with one of these splitters (Leviton 47692).
As it turns out, this splitter, while powered and bandwidth-capable up to 2ghz, is not bi-directional. They have newer models that are, but that's not mine. And that's what you need. So we're using a passive splitter now.
The first problem was email delivery. I had to change the SMTP service settings on my SBS server to use outgoing.verizon.net and do basic authentication using my new Verizon account.
Second was the interactive features on the set top boxes. They wouldn't get DHCP addresses. First, they suspected it was because I changed the router IP to 10.x.x.x from 192.168.1.x. They they told me the set top boxes had to get DHCP addresses from the router itself, not from a Windows server. Both of these turned out to be false. The splitter was not allowing the DHCP request to travel back to the server (non-bi-directional).
So now, I have my 10.x.x.x network, with DHCP served by my SBS server, the set top boxes are getting IP addresses from SBS, Exchange is forwarding to Verizon's mail server, and all that's left for me is cleanup of cabling in the closet. Oh, and a planned purchase of the newer Leviton splitter.
