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Verizon Taking FTTP Installation Orders
ooglek writes "Verizon is now qualifying and accepting installations for FTTP (Fiber To the Premises)! $39.95 for 5MB/2MB, $49.95 for 15MB/2MB, and $199.95 for 30MB/5MB. No word yet on whether Verizon will block ports (25, 80, etc) for incoming or outgoing traffic; with 2MB upload, I hope to basically run a small data center in my basement. Both phone and Internet will come through the fiber, and there is an unofficial rumor of video services as well by the end of this year. Got Fiber? My install date is November 2nd in Falls Church, VA (near DC). Several people in Keller, Texas have posted pictures and reported 14,679 kbps download and 1,794 kbps download speeds." Update: 10/26 23:52 GMT by T : That second "download" ought probably read "upload."
It takes me to the DSL order page, and tells me I already have it. Yes, I do, I never noticed. Thanks Verizon!
and my phone no longer works either. sigh.
From the summary:
... and reported 14,679 kbps download and 1,794 kbps download speeds.
Sorry Verizon, but if I can't upload those HTTP GET requests, I don't need any of your one-way fibre. Talk about asymmetric!
I thought you said "gynecological project."
FTP and HTTP were combined to form FTTP which gets rid of the shortcomings of both original protocols.
I hope to basically run a small data center in my basement.
don't you mean your mom's basement?
I came to the datacenter drunk with a fake ID, don't you want to be just like me?
I can't get Verizon to fix my 6 meg dsl, since DSL isn't supported, only voice lines are. Lucky Speakeasy isnt charging me the 99 dollars a month because I cant use the service.
I'm close to the CO, but something is wrong with the burried wire, and Verizon wont help me locate the issue. They tested the house, Covad did testing, thought the DSLAM was bad because it was bouncing, tested my PID, but everything looks fine. Just 3-6 times a day, the line drops and reconnects, all freaking burried wire too.
I'd kill for 5/2meg for 40 bux a month, 99 for 6/768 DSL that doesnt work is major suckage. Lucky comcast has 3/256, so im not bandwidth less, I just can't host any of my domains.
Verizon has such bad policies on support on copper, fibre must be a god send to customers needing support... Could even switch to VoIP too.
I'd even shut down my vanity domain Fuck Verizon if they fixed my DSL! Currently I have it re-directed to verizon eats poop...
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Awww yeah!
"I would do ANYTHING for inexpensive high bandwith connections."
Would you give up soliciting hobos for oral sex?
14,679 kbps download and 1,794 kbps download speeds.
Since the editors don't edit, I hereby declare 1,794kbps download speed and 14,679 upstream!
REM Old programmers don't die. They just GOSUB without RETURN.
Allow me to translate this: "I download a lot of porn on Bit Torrent any my ratio is terrible"
Religion is a gateway psychosis. -- Dave Foley
Then again, maybe the GP poster is the one confused.
if you needed a 155 megabit oc3 and converted to a couple 30 megabit fiber connections, someone would probably have your head on a platter. a couple of very expensive T1 lines with IP on them (maybe 450 bucks each per port plus the distance run, which could be about 0 to double the cost again). fortunately, the 30 meg cap is assuredly an artificial limit, and they will be able to ramp that number up for quite a few years, whenever the competition starts getting their attention.
:D
capping it would be the ultimate frustration. i haven't gotten The Call from my current provider, comcast, yet. is it general slashdot knowlege that the magic number at which you get their attention is 90 gigabytes within a 30 day window? 3 gig a day is hard to chew up without stealing 4 movies every night. in 2004, that is
if they block the mail port, or worse (and impossibly, at this stage of the game i think) the web port, they ugh... hell, i'd rather have the 3 meg service from comcast for a higher price.
slashdot: where everyone yells sarcastic metaphors to themselves to understand the issue
Of all the places in the US (NYC, Boston, major cities, or even major suburbs) they choose KELLER, TEXAS??!?!?! Cows don't use Fiber!
Oh, never mind.
...isn't accepting inquieries. Perhaps it lacks a little Fiber to the Premises?
Even those who arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable economic stress at this period in history.
yeah i got "the call" it was because I transferred over 1 terabyte in 30 days and the neighbor hood was complaining that the speeds were really slow. i download and share about 200 movies through a direct connect hub and they got pissy.
You haven't had a job since Clinton was president? God, whose fault is that?
Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere may be happy.
> Verizon: We were wondering. I've been getting calls all day.
Has a call center ever been slashdotted before?
Say it right: "Nuc-le-ah Powah".
The app for checking landline number to determine eligibility is crashing. Very inspiring.
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I hope to basically run a small data center in my basement
Someone's getting free heating for his bedroom!
He's Al Gore, you insensitive clod.
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
Hmm, I think your sig is a little confused. You see, Mayor McCheese IS the mayor of McDonald land. This has nothing to do with "having it your way" which is the Burger King slogan. Unfotunately the whole idea is ass backwards, you can "have it your way" at Burger King becuase its a Monarchy run by guess who? Yep, the Burger King, and you can't vote him out even if you want. I for one, cast my vote for Grimace, and I would make the Hamburgler cheif of police, seeing as he has so much experiance in the crime field.
-kaplanfx
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I was looking for a "+1 I hate you, you lucky bastard" mod but I couldn't find it... this reply will have to do
Thanks for the really insightful comment! Fucking shiteating karma whore, go fuck yourself asshole. You and your dad are fags.
Ever fly business class? You pay 4 times as much for 50% more room.
"Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it." -- GBS
Maybe not all of them are Somali warlord-style libertarians?
I the hell care. It's largely public land. That's how it goes. I pay taxes for the maintenance of this land, and I don't want my tax money subsidizing Verizon if the result is not going to be advantageous to the public. If you don't like that, then invent a way for Verizon to roll out this product that doesn't depend on using my resources. I hear quantum computing is all the rage.
Red herring. The Empire State Building doesn't have a monopoly on commercial real estate in Manhattan.
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