verizon FIOS +linux 2055

Amadeus W. M.

That is not the terms around here in New Jersey.

When I signed up the speeds offered were

5 Mbits-sec down, 2 Mbits-sec up 15 Mbits-sec down, 2 Mbits-sec up 30 Mbits-sec down, 5 Mbits-sec up.

I took the middle option. That was last spring sometime. Since then they have raised the speed to 20 Mbits-second down and 5 Mbits-second up.

Right now, the actual speeds from near Red Bank, New Jersey to NYC are:

Last Result: Download Speed: 20074 kbps (2509.3 KB-sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 4257 kbps (532.1 KB-sec transfer rate)

Sort-of. You must register at their site to activate the service, and their site stupidly insists on using ActiveX. Stupid because all it asks is something simple like your name and pbuttword.

Now the techie(s) that install the service for you should bring a laptop with them that runs Windows so that they can do it for you. But mine did not, claiming the batteries were dead. Luckily my other machine (the one not directly connected to the Internet) does have a Windows XP license, wo we temporarily hooked the Verizon stuff to it, booted Windows on it (it is dual boot), diddled the networking to talk to the Verizon-supplied D-Link router (DI-624) router and activated the service. Then I had to put it all back. But it is no big deal if you are allowed to run Windows on your machine(s). You need do this only on one machine and only once.

Right, or you can pay a lot more and get a static IP address if you want one.

Stable and fast. Reliable. No gotchas.

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