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Verizon FiOS: The beginning

Verizon FiOS: The beginning
Verizon's FiOS Internet and TV service has the potential to be a threat to cable broadband service providers. The main appeal of FiOS is a fiber optic line directly to the home. Mid-tier service produces 15 Mbps download speeds. The rub: Installation for Verizon can be pricey for the telecom giant as contractors have to lay a fiber optic conduit directly to the home. Here's the step-by-step installation for ZDNet's Larry Dignan. More on the FiOS experience can be found on Between the Lines. First step (beyond the initial phone call of course) was to install a conduit for the fiber optic line to the home. In my neighborhood, all power and phone lines are buried so laying the line required some digging.
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Bye Bye Copper
When Verizon installed our FiOS, they removed both copper lines to our house (we have two separate numbers.) I am happy they did this because it removes to more points where lightning could enter the ... (Read the rest)
Posted by: FiOS-Dave Posted on: 05/01/09 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
Nice  Dr_Zinj | 07/16/07
NJ ??  Trimbleman@... | 07/16/07
Probably Pennsylvania .  Non_Zealot | 07/19/07
Rough-in Cost?  ms2beu@... | 07/16/07
Zero  wininpitt | 07/16/07
FiOS Installation  bill@... | 07/16/07
Kick-Ass Wireless Router  Jim from NoVA | 07/16/07
WEP is a no-no.  Grayson Peddie | 07/16/07
FiOS vrs Cable  cab@... | 07/16/07
Well,  wininpitt | 07/16/07
FiOS & competition  cab@... | 07/16/07
I think  wininpitt | 07/16/07
wow that is a lot  ~doolittle~ | 07/16/07
You are getting  wininpitt | 07/16/07
I don't see value there  anthony@... | 07/17/07
Correct  MTAtech | 07/16/07
You're very very wrong  wininpitt | 07/16/07
Yes they are subject to both but,  kweebia | 07/16/07
Nope  wininpitt | 07/17/07
The Tech says...  moorem@... | 07/16/07
Um,  wininpitt | 07/16/07
The Tech says...  hunterjd@... | 07/16/07
The battery isn't so much for TV  kweebia | 07/16/07
tech info wrong  llonwt1 | 04/05/08
Green Connector  egsmachine@... | 07/16/07
FiOS Router  Jim from NoVA | 07/16/07
FIOS Router  bdimon@... | 07/19/07
and did they also tell you ....  mgkdrgn | 07/16/07
Don't you read  bassoa@... | 07/16/07
RE: Don't you read  bfilipiak@... | 12/06/07
The copper wiring outside...  tikigawd | 04/30/09
Bye Bye Copper  FiOS-Dave | 05/01/09
Not mine  MTAtech | 07/16/07
NO! NO1 NO!  jaydpiii | 07/16/07
Nothing is forever  jhorne1@... | 07/16/07
No  wininpitt | 07/16/07
Did you actually read the article, or did you just hit reply and type?  CobraA1 | 07/16/07
Copper  kweebia | 07/16/07
I have FIOS, going back to cable  MTAtech | 07/16/07
More incorrect statements  wininpitt | 07/17/07
Not mine  MTAtech | 07/16/07
YES  MTAtech | 07/16/07
FIOS TV  dsmoore@... | 07/16/07
Wow!  wininpitt | 07/16/07
Will AT&T ever go to FiOS?  plmitch2@... | 07/16/07
At&t Is Really SBC But SBC Used AT&T As Brand Name  mkduffy@... | 07/17/07
Umm..... No.  wininpitt | 07/18/07
Different experience  rlthomas1@... | 07/16/07
Removal Of Copper Wires Inside Your House  mkduffy@... | 07/17/07
cost  jebell@... | 07/16/07
Isn't that $94.99  bmore_bro69@... | 07/16/07
A very nice photo record!  seannj427 | 07/16/07
One big benefit  done@... | 07/16/07
competition  thomasderk@... | 07/16/07
Finally  jedi105@... | 07/16/07
Speed is a matter of MB and KB, not kbs  Been_Done_Before | 07/16/07
Reading Speed Mesurments In Kbs or KBs  mkduffy@... | 07/18/07
I get 20Mbps from my cable co...  Narg | 07/16/07
Don't know about you  wininpitt | 07/16/07
How about IP changing  todd@... | 07/16/07
IP not changing too often  rlthomas1@... | 07/16/07
Port blocking  lordchariot | 07/16/07
IP Address Changes ?  mkduffy@... | 07/17/07
Wrong again.  wininpitt | 07/18/07
Contracts Vs. no contracts  nix_hed | 07/16/07
Good luck with that---I went back to cable  daftaz@... | 07/16/07
ARE THEY TYING INTO THE WIRELESS NETWORK?  BALTHOR | 07/16/07
MB=1000 KB  kirkhonore | 07/16/07
K = 1000 bits, M = Million or 1,000,000 bits  mkduffy@... | 07/18/07
I'LL SAY THAT THEY COULDN'T GET FIBER OPTICS TO WORK!  BALTHOR | 07/16/07
And I'll say you're a blithering Id10T...  Wolfie2K3 | 07/16/07
Umm, WTH?  wininpitt | 07/17/07
up and running in no time at all .I think lunch was loner  Brandstetter | 07/16/07
I have Verizon FiOS and I differ with you  Jim_Agnew_2 | 07/16/07
Installs vary  wininpitt | 07/17/07
Answer to installls Vary  Jim_Agnew_2 | 07/17/07
Verizon FIOS after 1.5 years  murphbil | 07/16/07
I had even faster speed with comcast  pcguy777 | 07/16/07
RG6 is physically limited  wininpitt | 07/17/07
FIOS damaged driveways in our neighborhood  samirj | 07/16/07
Report it to the media  KeJorn | 07/25/07
Fios is GREAT...  mushey3712 | 07/17/07
Couldn't get Verizon to install  cmryan | 07/17/07
Verizon is Doing You a Favor... Don't Forget It.  rob_cluett@... | 07/17/07
some truths  dlaursen@... | 07/17/07
Sort of correct, but  wininpitt | 07/18/07
Rewiring / removal of copper  dventer@... | 07/18/07
Don't buy into that true Quam  rupaa62 | 07/18/07
Verizon Fios is the BEST !!!  blessed11899@... | 07/18/07
What about a Wired Router?  Smart_Neuron | 07/19/07
It's both.  wininpitt | 07/19/07
Love this FIOS  kcadle | 07/21/07
my two cents  nitehawk_ltd | 07/22/07
Wireless FiOS Router  brunobits@... | 12/06/07
Because  Techref6060 | 04/30/09
Fios Router  eggsuckindog@... | 12/18/07
RE: Verizon FiOS: The beginning (Photos: Verizon FiOS installation step by  ghot@... | 12/26/07
RE: Verizon FiOS: The beginning (Photos: Verizon FiOS installation step by  atari8bit@... | 12/28/07
Not where I live  jrm@... | 02/15/08
RE: Internal Home Cabling? RG6 or Fibre?  seanQ | 05/05/08
RE: Verizon FiOS: The beginning (Photos: Verizon FiOS installation step by step)  john82654@... | 06/23/08
Verizon Fios  zeus1439@... | 06/23/08
RE: Verizon FiOS: The beginning (Photos: Verizon FiOS installation step by step)  tgoy1 | 08/20/08

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