Wiring my neighborhood....Fios

RicRogue · Post by **RicRogue** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 9:07 am

Yep...within a month I should have Verizion FIOS. They say the connections are 16MB down/5MB up.

I AM NEVER MOVING.

WooHoo

Zilog B · Post by **Zilog B** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 9:32 am

Wow. How much per month, and will they let you run a gaming server?

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 10:09 am

Dude, I envy you!! I can't wait for FIOS!!!

RicRogue · Post by **RicRogue** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 11:43 am

Zilog B wrote:Wow. How much per month, and will they let you run a gaming server?

$45 per month for 15MB/2MB

$175 per month for 30MB/5MB

I hope they let me run a gaming server. Can you run a Ranked BF2 server from you home? That would rock.

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 11:47 am

that's DSL right

gotta have a phone provider?

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:00 pm

Brent wrote:that's DSL right

gotta have a phone provider?

It's like DSL on steroids! LOL

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:01 pm

RicRogue wrote:$45 per month for 15MB/2MB

$175 per month for 30MB/5MB

I hope they let me run a gaming server. Can you run a Ranked BF2 server from you home? That would rock.

Those rates are insane! I can't wait!!

RicRogue · Post by **RicRogue** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:11 pm

Brent wrote:that's DSL right

gotta have a phone provider?

Fiber Optics not DSL

Are they wiring near your house yet? They already have most of the northern suburbs wiried and running.

And no, it is not related to your phone provider.

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:19 pm

They're not coming to my hood for quite a while

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:20 pm

RicRogue wrote:Fiber Optics not DSL

Are they wiring near your house yet? They already have most of the northern suburbs wiried and running.

And no, it is not related to your phone provider.

How does it work? I'm not familiar with it at all.

The fiber comes into your house? is converted to RJ45? need a modem or just a NIC in your PC? can you use a router with it?

I'll have to do some research since I know nothing about it

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:25 pm

I just read up on their website, I live in an apartment so I doubt I have that option, heh. Comcast for me still, which still isn't too bad 8mbps/256kbps

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:31 pm

Verizon is also gettin into TV....they're merging with DirectTV...........I may be switching providers soon!

Izzo · Post by **Izzo** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:32 pm

Brent wrote:How does it work? I'm not familiar with it at all.

The fiber comes into your house? is converted to RJ45? need a modem or just a NIC in your PC? can you use a router with it?

I'll have to do some research since I know nothing about it

Newegg

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 1:01 pm

Brent wrote:How does it work? I'm not familiar with it at all.

The fiber comes into your house? is converted to RJ45? need a modem or just a NIC in your PC? can you use a router with it?

I'll have to do some research since I know nothing about it

Not too different equipment wise compared to fiber optic network equipment...how'd you'd connect routers and switches to fiber right now. Just a tranceiver/bridge interface.

Ghosthunter · Post by **Ghosthunter** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 1:04 pm

Prey521 wrote:Verizon is also gettin into TV....they're merging with DirectTV...........I may be switching providers soon!

you think time warner is bad? verizon customer service is one of the worst i ever had in this field