does anyone have experience with verizon fios?
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i looked at it, stayed with cable modem, fios too much, long install and questionable support
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Well..I live in Queens, NY and I have Timewarner Cable Internet on which I get speed of up to 7.2 Megabits per sec with is blazing fast and the best part is they they had a deal when I signed up so I'm paying $19.95 for the first 6 months with no contract!. They have very good customer service too...I had my cable modem replaced within 24 hours after it died.
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Check out:\n\nhttp://dsl.metrot1.com\n\nIt checks availability for DSL, Cable, and Satellite.  It will then allow you to compare them side by side, see any specials, and sign-up online.  They are even offering a $50 additional mail-in rebate on top of specials for signing up online.
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Verizon has such a brodband service, but is not wifi. Certain cities are making a city wide wifi, but 20 miles, doubtful.
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Greetings!\n\nYou need to call your city, or town government.  One of the provisions in the franchise agreement given to the cable company is to provide access.\nSome are better, or worse than others at doing it.\nI had a show in Buffalo NY, (Adelphia) and my friend has one in NYC.\nSo go for it.\n\nGood Luck
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Yes. Billing problems and sometimes reception. They don't seem to care much for customer service. I looked up other complaints about them online right before it was cancelled months ago. Just look it up online... TONS of complaints from people. It's amazing they are still in business.
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go for the 29.95 plan on VZ DSL, if you want fast internet like cable... it doesn't slow down, it is da bomb... Plus they are coming out with fiber optics which is cheaper than cable and way faster than anything
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The above answers are correct.  A long time (15 to 20 minutes is a long time in internet land).  Maybe you should consider DSL for $15 per month, http://www.verizon.com/
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First, you should call your phone and cable company and ask them what it would take to get the service out to you; do you have neighbors that would like the service too?  If you get enough people asking, you can get them to roll out a line into your area, that is after all the way the make their money.  You do not sound like the local pofok, so you might consider meeting them half way, your dig a trench and run a fiber line from and center point of activity to a location that they have a fiber hut set up and then they set up a new fiber hut at point you started from.  They can set up your phone and DSL service from there and it probably will be better than it is now.  You could also inquire about FTTN fiber to the node.  That is AT&T’s newest product and if you can convince them to drop a line in your area you are in like flint.  They are going to be hitting that hard and heavy and the price is going to be cheap, Phone, TV and DSL service for about $80 and you will not get a better connection or quality of service anywhere, it is going to be sharp.\n\nIf the answer is no to all of that, Satellite is fine there will be a ten second lag between send and receive, but when you do start receiving it will be steady, not like the lines going a crossed the monitor or a slide show instead of a vid, like in the 90’s, it is a very good service and if all else fails, I highly recommend it.  It will be better than dial up by a long shot, that I assure you.\n\nA little side note about the meeting them halfway part, do not discount the good old boys if you happen to have money, but the people around you do not.  They may still want the service and whereas they may not be able to pay some one to run in the line for them, odds are they will just do it themselves if it means getting something they want.\n\n\nHope that helps,\n\nJohn B.
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We used them for years and they seemed to be a solid ISP provider.  No slower than any other Dial up, which is just plain slow, no matter how you cut it.  You can only go as fast as the phone line will allow.\n\nGood up time, and customer service, which is all you have for comparison with a dial-up (speed is all the same.)
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have been using verizon for phone ( years now) and internet for almost a year  and am actually very happy with the dsl service . right now i pay $17.15 a month for dsl which includes the fees and tax .price could possibly vary depending on where you live .  have not checked into package prices with the option adding the satellite dish , casue as a renter not allowed to have satellite . \ni have heard rumors my dsl price will be going up when my year aggreement needs to be renewed ??  did have some installation problems with dsl and verizon cust. service was very helpful . i would say it might be worth it to try and you have 30 days to cancel if your not happy.
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Did you try www.verizon.net
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Mine is 3megs down 800k up on DSL.  I've heard of people getting 6 to 9 megs down on Optimum online, but thats cable so its shared.
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You most likely need to open ports up inside the modem. Verizon doesn't support this so if you call they won't help you, but you can find instructions at http://www.westell.com on how to.\n\nYou might also want to make sure the 6100 firewall isn't enabled, you can do so by going to 192.168.1.1 un:admin pw: password
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They did the same thing to me too.  I moved out of their network and their mover's connect people said that since I moved against my will (military move) I could get outta my contract.  Well it took a month and a half before they shut down my phone and they billed me for it (which was fine I used it),  I paid my last bill in sept., then in March of the next year a collection agency called me up saying that I owed them over a thousand dollars.  Well long story short after 6 months of calls, faxes and letters to their cust. care center they finally said to hell with it and refunded me the money (I paid it so I wouldn't be bothered by the collection agency anymore... which I wouldn't recomend untill they admit guilt).  Just remember this dude. "the Sqeaky wheel gets the grease."  \nP.S. Everytime you call them it cost Verizon $8.50 so just keep calling them, eventually they'll give in!!!!\n\n\nP.S.S. Amy your completely full of sh** the only headway I got from verizon is when I started yelling, screaming, kicking, and bit**ing.  So unless you've been through it shut the he** up!  I also went into there store and they were complete morons in there, twice they acctually tried to resign me.... sh** after all the bs they put me through anytime anyone tells me there thinking of verizon I tell them my story!!!!!!!
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My friend bought one for 29.95 that promised 3500 channels. Turn out none of the channels were in the U.S.. All the channels were from around the world, and most in their own languages. He did get a few dozen English speaking channels. But, none from the U.S.. This is due to laws in the U.S. that prevent them from using their signals.\n\nCheck the program out, completely. Donot believe what the company tells you in their ads.\n\nRemember the old saying: Buyer Beware! Also: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is!
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Most of the large ISPs are the same. Tiscali is no better or worse than many of the others. Avoid BT and AOL, both have terrible software that is forced onto your PC and crashes many (as for their antivirus/antispyware.....)\n\nYou do get what you pay for and if you are willing to pay more you will get a better service. KeConnect are an excellent example of a smaller company providing a first class service. http://keconnect.co.uk\n\nIf you sign up with them mention Excellent Solutions!!!