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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."
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... 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 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?
MSN® Premium Internet Software
Awww yeah!
Allow me to translate this: "I download a lot of porn on Bit Torrent any my ratio is terrible"
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I just called, and the reason it doesn't work is because it's currently in a "test phase" in certain markets. Thanks Slashdot for getting my hopes up.
Actual conversation with Verizon:
Verizon: Yes, we're very excited about this service. What's your phone number.
Me: *Give my phone number*
Verizon *silence*: Let me speak with my manager. *comes back a little while later* Where did you hear about our FIOS service?
Me: Uh, an internet site called "Slashdot". Lots of tech news.
Verizon: We were wondering. I've been getting calls all day. We only have FIOS in test markets right now like Florida, Texas... rattles off a few more names.
Me: Any idea when you're going to support the NY metropolitian area?
Verizon: I'm sorry, I don't know at this time.
> 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".
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