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FiOS... 30MB /droooooooooooooooooooooooool

Don't drool too much. I'm not exactly thrilled with my phone bill each month.... You see, when I first got the service, my boss was expensing his employees' broadband costs. Then I switched departments, and bosses. When my year contract is up in December, I'm planning to drop down to a lower speed to save money.

I just checked the website and verizon's 30mb down / 5mb up service now costs $180/mo. I pay only $55 for it now. Maybe I won't drop to a lower level. After all, I (my boss) was paying more for 1/10th the speed back in California.

I heard sometime during the summer that it was as high as 100 mbps in some areas. Is that right? I could go for that, though really a gigabit would go along with my home network better.

C.V.

As far as I know, FiOS has always topped out at 30mbps.

I think Bray is gone again......

Not gone, just busy.
A full time job will do that to ya.
I've also been obsessed with the new ride and learning as much as I can from some of the motorcycle forums.
Winter is near so I'm sure I'll be around more.

The FiOS is installed and all I can say is WOW!
The internet connection is super fast (even with the 5mb service) and the HD looks fantastic.

All in all I'm very pleased with Verizons product but their customer service is SEVERELY lacking.

To make a long story short.
I ordered the service on a Monday and it was supposed to be installed on the following Monday, so I scheduled to be off work that day (one of my 2 vacation days left).
An hour into the scheduled install window there were still no installers here so I gave Verizon a call. They lost my order or at least the part that gets it installed. It took another 2.5 hours just to get the service reordered and then they wanted me to take another Monday off work.
I asked to speak with a manager so I could get it done on the next Saturday.
After another hour on the phone I finally got what I wanted and 1 month free.
Not really how I wanted to spend a vacation day.

If you dont mind,Whats your monthly cost? What channels do you get? Its not available in my area yet so they wont give me costs.
Thank You
Jake