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Bill C
02 Jul 2011

Lil ol Dunnellon, FL is putting in fiber optic cable and says they'll offer the full package. The conduit's being installed in front of the house now. With your analysis Bob, I'm looking forward to giving it a try. ATT's DSL is OK, but not the greatest, especially trying to download from Netflix on Fri. eve.

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Dolores DiLeo
03 Jul 2011

My initial internet connection was a DSL line; I was not happy with it...lost the connection quite often. About three years ago Verizon contracted with the owners of the apartment complex where I live and wired all the apartments for FIOS. Of course,getting the service was optional. It took a while before FIOS was available, but I signed up the minute it was. I have never been happier!
The best feature is the customer service. I had a problem, called and in no time I was up and running. And my call was not outsourced to a foreign country!

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June
03 Jul 2011

Yes, Verizon Fios is fast, but having to deal with the company.....omigod....I can't wait to get rid of it...the FAST connection does not make up for the TIME WASTED pressing numbers to reach automated messages, etc etc... beware--oh and they take over ALL you stuff...I had to fight them to keep them away from my cell phone...And thank goodness I did...there have been times when my only contact with the outside is my cell.

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Me
03 Jul 2011

I've had FIOS anywhere from 6-8 years now...new? No.

Cable modems precede DSL, actually.

DSL is point-to-point, not a loop like cable modems, so it is not affected by how many subscribers are in the area. It's slow no matter how many people have it.

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Mark Overton
04 Jul 2011

Cinergy Metronet started in Seymour, In. and is expanding throughout southern Indiana. I hooked up immediately and find it is much faster than the DSL I had through Verizon, though what another said about the weakest link is still true. If your sender is on dialup, your download will be slow no matter what you have...but in situations like updating Ubuntu, I routinely hit 2000 kb down...It WILL spoil you...

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Glenn P
05 Jul 2011

Beware! There have been some truly GHASTLY Horror Stories about how FIOS providers (no names provided here!) have RIPPED OUT all of the copper cabling in a home, supposedly -- SUPPOSEDLY! -- to "make room for" the fiber optic cables, thereby rendering the switch PERMANENT and IRREVOCABLE, absolutely without any advance notification or warning that this would happen. Yes, apparently they really are (or, at least they really WERE) as Slimy and as Unscrupulous as all that! Caveat Emptor!

EDITOR'S NOTE: That sounds totally bogus to me. The FIOS box is installed outside the home, and is connected to the home's existing telephone wiring. The Internet/TV connections are made via coax or ethernet cable from the FIOS box to the inside of the home. You'd have to open existing walls to remove the inside phone wiring. There is NO FIBER OPTIC CABLING going into the building, and it wouldn't even make sense to do so.

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mark
06 Jul 2011

in ireland we have upto 100meg speed
i was paying for €42 for 30 mb and €56 for the tv
total €98
now i just got a deal where i get 50 mbps the same tv channels and a home fone with free world landl-ine and home land-line calls after 6 pm all for €93 ($130) so now i get the phone and 20mbps extra for €5 less

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