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#3696535 - 12/10/12 10:55 PM
Fios...
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Skater
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Just upgraded my Fios service. I got a good deal on the upgrade at only +$20 per month, and I had all necessary equipment already. I think you could say that I am happy with the result...  -Skater
"As Iron Sharpens Iron, so does a friend sharpen a friend." Proverbs 27:17
"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female, for ye are all one in Christ Jesus." Galatians 3:28
Never, ever, underestimate the ability of people to discount Occam's Razor. - Dart
"I don't want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub." - Grover Norquist
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#3696542 - 12/10/12 11:05 PM
Re: Fios...
[Re: Skater]
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I use a 4g phone for my sole internet.  That's fast!
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#3696640 - 12/11/12 02:43 AM
Re: Fios...
[Re: Skater]
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shan2
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Dang. My city (Rockville, Maryland) has all but granted Comcast a monopoly on high speed internet for additional tax revenues. *sigh*
P.S. No, it's nowhere near that fast.
You're only young once, but you can be immature forever.
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#3696647 - 12/11/12 03:16 AM
Re: Fios...
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Legend
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Last Sunday we were given a free upgrade to glass fiber / 20Mb (officially). That speed is only attainable for websites in China itself of course. But even for the rest of the world it seems very fast now - I even can watch Youtube movies at high resolution without having to buffer first.
Yeah, not comparable to the speeds I see above. Something about one-eyed guy being King in the country of the blind.
There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the universe is for it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more inexplicable.
There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
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#3696650 - 12/11/12 03:27 AM
Re: Fios...
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Just upgraded my Fios service. I got a good deal on the upgrade at only +$20 per month, and I had all necessary equipment already. I think you could say that I am happy with the result... -Skater Wow Skater, those are some pretty insane numbers. I guess the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence  OH, one question ... what's your bandwidth cap if any?
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#3696651 - 12/11/12 03:32 AM
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I got to use it for a couple weeks in Alexandria, VA. It is mindblowing.
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“One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.” -Milton Friedman
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#3696663 - 12/11/12 03:55 AM
Re: Fios...
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#3696724 - 12/11/12 07:13 AM
Re: Fios...
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Modified my configuration a bit, and it upped the speeds marginally and brought the ping down a bit... My download speed is roughly equivalent to an OC3 (155Mb) connection, with 98% quality and consistency, which is... Amazing actually. My upload speed is a bit slower, but very near to a 100Mb connection on a LAN.  -Skater
"As Iron Sharpens Iron, so does a friend sharpen a friend." Proverbs 27:17
"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female, for ye are all one in Christ Jesus." Galatians 3:28
Never, ever, underestimate the ability of people to discount Occam's Razor. - Dart
"I don't want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub." - Grover Norquist
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#3696729 - 12/11/12 07:37 AM
Re: Fios...
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Rogered
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Those numbers are fantastic. Very jealous.
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For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three.
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The light that burns twice as bright burns for half as long - and you have burned so very, very brightly, Roy.
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#3696791 - 12/11/12 11:30 AM
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Dang. My city (Rockville, Maryland) has all but granted Comcast a monopoly on high speed internet for additional tax revenues. *sigh*
P.S. No, it's nowhere near that fast. Check online at the Fios website. Comcast may have a monopoly on cable, but fios isn't cable.
Life is tough. Life is tougher when you are stupid. - John Wayne
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#3696837 - 12/11/12 01:37 PM
Re: Fios...
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It's KRT not Kurt
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 It's a little slow on the upside this morning usually hovers between 30-40 after dark This is more like it (after 6 pm EST) 
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#3696884 - 12/11/12 03:36 PM
Re: Fios...
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Dang. My city (Rockville, Maryland) has all but granted Comcast a monopoly on high speed internet for additional tax revenues. *sigh*
P.S. No, it's nowhere near that fast. Check online at the Fios website. Comcast may have a monopoly on cable, but fios isn't cable. Oh, I did. The monopoly also involves broadband internet. It sucks.
You're only young once, but you can be immature forever.
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#3697260 - 12/11/12 11:54 PM
Re: Fios...
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Feel lucky, feel very lucky, you b@stards!  Here's the crap I get for the equivalent of 39 USD:  Wait a minute. It says faster than 50% of Argentina! What the hell!
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