FIOS?

[desiringsubject.livejournal.com]

Is there anyone in shouting distance of DSLJ who has FIOS available to them yet? I'm starting to join the chorus of fed up with RCN, and would like to try FIOS. I have friends in Arlington who have been liking it for over a year. I keep getting Ads for FIOS both online and on the television, but the Verizon site says its not available here yet. This reminds me of the Verizon saga I had when I lived in NY trying to get DSL, which took a year from the date they promised it for them even to *tell* me it didn't actually work yet.

Anyone with more info?

Comments

Re: FiOS isn't nearly the good deal that people think it is.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

Hm, thanks for the information.

Although I'd note Comcast is almost nearly as much of a bunch of scumbags.

Re: FiOS isn't nearly the good deal that people think it is.

[mattdm.livejournal.com]

They all suck except Speakeasy, and even that's questionable now that Best Buy owns them.

Also, sadly, sadly slow. Reliable and uncapped, but none of this multiple-digit-MB/sec stuff.

Re: FiOS isn't nearly the good deal that people think it is.

[t-stop.livejournal.com]

I can't vouch for the accuracy of this, but our Comcast cable guy said that we'd be getting fiber in Somerville in ~2012. His impression was that a big part of the issue was that somerville has very little underground conduit and there is a strong preference to bury fiber rather than put it on the telephone poles.

That said, with the exception of one recent issue (not cause by comcast, but by new construction breaking our cable) we've been very happy with Comcast except for their cost.

Re: FiOS isn't nearly the good deal that people think it is.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

They have a history of being a really lousy corporate citizen. At a recent net neutrality hearing here in Boston, they got people off of Craigslist to pack the hall so people who might have spoken against their view couldn't get in.