woot! We're getting a 150Mb fios line at work!

[satyajitmenon]

So now you can browse porn at work - in High Def!!

 

[ViviTheMage]

T1 lines are expensive because they're ridiculously amazingly reliable. If you have a problem that requires a technician on-site, they show up FAST.

Fios is cheap and not nearly as reliable.

Hope the trade-off works for you guys. Congrats on 150meg

This.

They may be slow ... but they are VERY reliabile, which is why businesses use them still.

Granted, my 50mb at home has been up 24/7 for almost 2 years now ... shrug.

 

[QueBert]

T1 lines are expensive because they're ridiculously amazingly reliable. If you have a problem that requires a technician on-site, they show up FAST.

Fios is cheap and not nearly as reliable.

Hope the trade-off works for you guys. Congrats on 150meg

How the fuck does having a t1 automatically = fast on-site support? I know companies that have t1's thru Mpowercom and the service calls are slooooow.

as usual you fail.

 

[Crusty]

How the fuck does having a t1 automatically = fast on-site support? I know companies that have t1's thru Mpowercom and the service calls are slooooow.

as usual you fail.

No, the company that contracts with Mpowercom fails. If you're paying out the ass for a T1 you better be damn sure you have a good SLA and that you hold them to it.

 

[Ninjahedge]

No idea here either, but here it is:

 

[Evadman]

I would pay $200/mo for fiber to my house right now. Is it available in chicagoland yet?

 

[mb]

I would pay $200/mo for fiber to my house right now. Is it available in chicagoland yet?

http://www22.verizon.com/residential/fiosinternet/checkavailability/checkavailability.htm

 

[zerocool84]

*yawn*

 

[JS17]

Not sure what's up with the upload.

 

[Evadman]

http://www22.verizon.com/residential/fiosinternet/checkavailability/checkavailability.htm

That thing has never been able to find my address, that's why I asked

 

[mb]

That thing has never been able to find my address, that's why I asked

Oh I'm not sure then. Try entering an address near you. It was able to recognize an address I know that is not eligible for fios.

 

[Evadman]

Nevermind, I figured out why the site doesn't work. Would be better if the damn site had it posted.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon_FiOS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Communications

Frontier took over these states from Verizon:
Arizona, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin

I'm one of them. That means no FiOS for me.