Verizon FIOS question. & How to change phone companies and save the same number?
I’ve had FiOS now for about 3 years; The whole installation process was rather painless. The 1st year, I only had the Internet service (as FiOS TV was not yet available here). The discount you get with the triple-play package makes it very enticing, but what will/is keeping me is the quality. Here’s my experiences and thoughts on the various services. Internet: I currently have 20 Mbps down (coming into my house) by 5 Mbps up (going out). That’s up from the original 15 Mbps/2 Mbps service I had due to equipment upgrades Verizon did. I got the upgrade at no additional cost or contract extension (although I did have to call and request it; it was not automatic). If you have a fast site as your source – Nvidia.com comes to mind as they make large game demos available often – I really can see 20 Mbps (2.5-2.6 MBps – bytes not bits) sustained downloads. I can download a CD’s worth of data in under 5 minutes. Additionally, my ping times (latency) is very low.
