I switched to FIOS several months ago and
am totally underwhelmed. It took some time to get the internet access portion
straightened out; numerous calls to the tech department later, I finally
figured out the problem myself and it’s been OK every since. I don’t
find it any quicker than DSL, and sometimes, slower. Because of the battery
backup unit and router, you really need a dedicated electrical outlet; they
installed this stuff in my basement where the outlets are wired with the
overhead lighting, so I have to keep some of the lights on all of time for the
router to operate. The telephone portion periodically has so much noise in the
background that I call people from my cell phone. It’s unacceptable but
I haven’t been able to get anyone out to fix it.
Bottom line – if you’re happy
with DSL, stick with it until they get the bugs worked out of FIOS.
Dana
Ash
Ashworkz
Consulting LLC
Business Management
& Accounting
412 661 5714
412 661 0807 Fax
From: Maria Teresa
Saenz Robles [mailto:msaenz+@pitt.edu]
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009
10:13 AM
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Is it only my impression or the
Verizon Service (I have DSL) has been quite erratic lately? In the
afternoon/evening the signal is there, but quite weak, slow and, sometimes,
disappearing completely. That makes connections to internet quite
frustrating...
Any input from FIOS subscribers if the system is really worth to have internet
access?
Thanks!
Mayte Sáenz
Louis Brown wrote:
Here’s the promised update to the Verizon Outage post
last week.
The Verizon outage covered at least
a dozen houses on Cordova, King, Bryant and Negley (no FIOS subscribers and
only some of the Plain-Old-Telephone-Service and DSL users were affected). The
outage lasted a week, from 2:00PM Tuesday, December 30 to 1:00AM Wednesday,
January 7. Some folks were credited a full month of phone and DSL, others were
credited $25. Bob at Channel 4’s “Call for Action” was a big
help, too.
Thanks.
Louis Brown