iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
 ·Comcast
 ·Qwest.net
 ·magicjack.com
 ·BeeCreek Communica..
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
| Impressive...
At the moment Verizon's pricing in OOL territory seems to be a bit high for the speeds, or rather the speeds are low vs. what OOL is offering at the similar price point. This should fix that. I'll take 15/5 over 15/2 any day of the week, and 25/15 over 30/5...even if the 30 is really uncapped...any day of the year. Considering the pricing on 25/15 via DSLExtreme is a mere $55, I'd call that an upload-speed deal. Same thing with 15/5...around here I'd be willing to shell out $80 per month for those speeds, easily 
Abut contract extensions, who cares? If the service is that good, I don't mind sticking around for a year.
If 20/5 actually does become 25/15 then naturally you could expect the 20/20 tier going up to 25/25 and the 50 Mbit tier going up to 50/25 or higher. So naturally I'd get 25 Mbps symmetric...mmm, heavy-duty symmetric fiber connections. Wish I had one.
All this to say that I'd rather have 25/25 than 50/10 or even 101/15. especially when 101/15 is running over cable infrastructure that is just barely high-bandwidth enough to handle the load.
For low users, 15/5 for $40 is a very, very nice deal... |
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destroyah
join:2005-04-20
Norwalk, CA | Excited at probable speed upgrades.
Here is to hoping the 20/20 tiers get some lovin' as well. 
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jammmin
join:2000-12-14
Upper Marlboro, MD
1 edit | Good news
Those speed increase are great and competitve with cable companies.
Cablevision's base speed has been 15/2 for quite sometime now. They also offer up to 101 meg down with its Docsis 3.0 service.
Comcast recently increased its base to 12/2.
Verizon's 15/5 especially with the increased upload will give it the competitive advantage on the lower end.
Cablevision however will still brag that it has the fastest residential internet speeds of 101 meg down.
I believe that Verizon won't match or exceed that until it upgrades its entire footprint to GPON which may take sometime. |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC |  Pathetic
Every time I see Verizon, Comcast, and OOL duking it out, it makes me furious that Time Warner and AT&T offer such pathetic products to the rest of us and there is nothing we can do about it. |
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meskinct
Mad Scientist at Work
Premium
join:2002-01-07
Danbury, CT
clubs:
·Comcast
·magicjack.com
| Flat Out @ $30 USD
Run it flat out Verizon and price it at $30/month. Show 'em you got some Cohones ! 
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Jeffrey
too dark too early
Premium
join:2002-12-24
Dix Hills,NY
clubs:
·Optimum Online
 ·Verizon FIOS
·Vonage
·magicjack.com
| reply to jammmin
Re: Good news
said by jammmin  :Cablevision's base speed has been 15/2 for quite sometime now. They also offer up to 101 meg down with its Docsis 3.0 service. It should be noted, however, that Cablevision's 101mb down requires a $300 activation fee, at this time. Speed tests seem very good from those that have jumped on the boat early. I won't do it - I'm actually quite happy with CV's 30/5 Boost package right now - for the price. $39. When my contract expires in January 2010, I hope Verizon has put fiber on the street. A little competition is necessary (for me) to keep what I pay low.
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"Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy." - George Carlin
[my ramblings] |
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vinnie97
join:2003-12-05
Mesquite, TX | reply to Matt
Re: Pathetic
Amen, Time Warner and AT&T deserve to implode. |
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Hpower
Roflmao
join:2000-06-08
Glendale, CA | reply to Matt
So true. |
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deblin
Dark Side of the Moon
Premium,MVM
join:2001-09-01
Middletown, DE
| reply to destroyah
Re: Excited at probable speed upgrades.
said by destroyah :Here is to hoping the 20/20 tiers get some lovin' as well. Looks like the opposite. If the rumors are true, 20/20 becomes 25/15. Screw that. 
I'm calling tomorrow to extend my contract for as long as possible for 20/20 speeds, in case this rumor turns out to be true. I can always upgrade later if the proposed (delayed) 25/25 comes to fruition later (which I'm starting to doubt).
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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have. -Socrates |
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Mark F
join:2007-08-01
Fort Wayne, IN
| reply to meskinct
Re: Flat Out @ $30 USD
That would be nice, higher speeds at a reasonable price.
But, I'm confused- at first it seems that everyone will notice some increase in speed, even if it's not a large increase.
Then, it implies that you must get an upgrade to get any increase in internet speed at all. Which is it?
It would be like Verizon to say that all customers will get some type of increase, around this weekend. Then, require that folks do the CSR song and dance to get it.
Mark F. |
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PapaMidnight
join:2009-01-13
Baltimore, MD | If only...
Now if only Verizon would stop cherry picking. |
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Laughing Man
Stand Alone Complex
Premium
join:2008-03-17
Louisville, KY
clubs: | reply to Matt
Re: Pathetic
Just like AT&T has U-Verse equipment deployed around here but doesn't offer it anywhere in the city |
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SoCalDude
join:2008-07-30
Oxnard, CA | reply to deblin
Re: Excited at probable speed upgrades.
I'm pretty sure 20/20 is not going away. 20/20 is going to be upgraded to 25/25 in August according to some people in the fios forum. |
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tmc8080
join:2004-04-24
Floral Park, NY
| Call for symmetrical speeds..
Symmetrical speeds especially for the lower tiers have been long witheld and surcharged (+$15) over asymmetrical packages. The time's come to truly compete and offer better packages than the competition.. which in most competitive markets means:
15/15 megabits $29.95
30/30 megabits $59.95
50/30 megabits $79.95
103/75 megabits (answering cablevision's 101/15) for
$101.15
We won't even make the comparisons to other countries that have 100/100 for under $50/month
Comcast will be the most hurt from that kind of price scale/cut... but hey, that's competition for ya. Alternatively, they can max out current BPON's @ 75/75 megabit for $89.95 That would be alot cheaper than a truck roll to swap out BPONS which there are MANY in the field now.. so a custom tier for maxing it out should be considered.
Though, this will be a tipping point for many consumers to consider cutting the cable-tv service, because anything above about 30 megabits is a direct result of the customer demanding video services over the internet, be it streaming, downloading or 'illicit' swapping of files. This all comes on the heels of building good will after jettisoning BAD R.O.I. footprints to companies such as fairpoint, SO THE BOLDER THE OFFERINGS, THE MORE GOOD WILL YOU SPREAD (to the consumer) AT THE EXPENSE OF THE CABLE INDUSTRY, WHOM YOUR IN DIRECT COMPETITION WITH. |
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Laughing Man
Stand Alone Complex
Premium
join:2008-03-17
Louisville, KY
clubs:
·AT&T DSL Service
| reply to PapaMidnight
Re: If only...
said by PapaMidnight :Now if only Verizon Everyone would stop cherry picking. Fixed it for you |
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deblin
Dark Side of the Moon
Premium,MVM
join:2001-09-01
Middletown, DE
| reply to SoCalDude
Re: Excited at probable speed upgrades.
said by SoCalDude :I'm pretty sure 20/20 is not going away. 20/20 is going to be upgraded to 25/25 in August according to some people in the fios forum. Hmm, it still seems weird to me.
So right now, we have:
20/5
20/20
50/20
If the rumors are right, that will become:
25/15
20/20
50/20
Until August, and then the rumor'd tiers are:
25/15
25/25
75/25
Now that looks ok I guess, but still the gap betwen the 1st and 2nd tiers is hardly there, compared to the current gap between 20/5 and 20/20. Likewise, 20/20 to 50/20 isn't as big a leap as 25/25 to 75/25.
I guess time will tell. I just wish I knew for sure whether 20/20 was going to be around or not.
I'll just call and extend my contract I guess and hopefully if it goes the way it normally does, I can just start a new contract in August so I'm not really doing anything but potentially extending my contract buy a few months.
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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have. -Socrates |
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babystars_13
join:2009-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN | whoopie
who cares what verizon does since they don't care about my market and others. just my 2 cents and ill see how long this post lasts. |
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jdjbuffalo
join:2004-01-17
Denver, CO
| reply to Matt
Re: Pathetic
Add Qwest and Cableone.
Cableone is a local crappy provider here in Boise, Idaho that has low daily bandwidth caps of 1GB download and 150mb upload (on their standard tier, the others aren't much higher) from noon - midnight. There are no caps from midnight - noon. If you go over the cap they drop your bandwidth in half. They are also way behind the curve on bandwidth (even though in many areas of major cities they have FTTH or at least FTTN). Their current offerings are 3mbps/384kpbs, 5mpbs/512kpbs, 10mpbs/1mpbs.
I would love to have Verizon's FIOS here. I would be happy to pay $60 just for their standard tier... |
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darcilicious
Cyber Librarian
Premium
join:2001-01-02
Forest Grove, OR | reply to Mark F
Re: Flat Out @ $30 USD
If it works like it did last year at this time, existing customers will have to call and ask for the upgrade. |
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darcilicious
Cyber Librarian
Premium
join:2001-01-02
Forest Grove, OR
·Verizon FIOS
·Comcast
| reply to babystars_13
Re: whoopie
said by babystars_13 :who cares what verizon does As long as I'm a Vz customer, I care. I plan on squeezing every bit out of the service until the service is no longer worth it.
While we don't know what Frontier will be doing in the long run, they will end up honoring existing speeds/contracts... |
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