Confirmed this is not true last night. Turned up/configured some Gigaman Internet circuits for a customer last night. (Which is an ISP for another set of customers - which is mainly what the circuits were for) Speakeasy did hit 93/95 - which would be around the max speed of their PIX firewall we were going through.

So, we were both wrong.

That's because their backbone is a DS3. You won't get more throughput than 45 Mbits/s. And that is only provided you are the only one on their server conducting a test at the time.

For home users the tests are accurate, but people doing these from work connected to huge pipes are going to get skewed results.

Yeah, I'm fairly familiar with all the local sites that are any good, latency and other factors that could cause these problems. Also, I'm fairly anti-wireless these days. (I understand its value, but only use it when I have to)

However, the ONT reboot does seem like a fairly sensible solution - thanks for the heads up.

Let me know what they say if you don't mind. I have the same issue, but I'm not out of town for awhile and can't really test it after they claim it is fixed and so forth.

Take care,

Thanks, I just PM'd ur bro. I have everything with verizon (wireless,fios tv,fios internet, landline, 3 DVR's, 2 digital adapters). Hopefully you can hook me up. TIA

and spederman, what all do you have services wise? how many boxes, phone lines, etc.? I've run into people with bills twice as high as yours and i was often able to save them quite a bit of money. If you can save money I can have my brother help you so you don't get screwed around with on the phone

Okay, I have had Fios TV and Fios internet for over 2 years now. I tried calling a few days ago and go ZERO response.

I called today, after seeing a 'bundle' offer listed on verizon.com Get this. They are offering 20/5 internet and their Extreme HD tv package for $79.99 per month (plus HD receiver, taxes, blah, blah blah). After getting transferred and hung up on numerous times, I finally get a hold of Eddie, a Dallas supervisor. He gets me the 20/5 and the same HD channels I have now for $79.99 vs. the ~$99.99 I pay now. So, since I am saving so much money, I added the sports package and got the Media Manager, so I am essentially paying what I was before I had that stuff and had the 15/2 internet service.

It only took 90 minutes. lol

i keep speed testing and im getting about 12 down and 3.5 up. ive done the registry optimization stuff. i wonder if my router is the problem.

Didnt work out for me. They said i'm on some sort of old pricing schedule and if they screw with my account all the prices will go up for Fios TV,internet,phone,wireless. Ghey! she said to keep the 5/2 for now until they raise my prices and then maybe i can upgrade. $215/month for all the services doesnt seem that sweet to me, how much more can they raise it

Didnt work out for me. They said i'm on some sort of old pricing schedule and if they screw with my account all the prices will go up for Fios TV,internet,phone,wireless. Ghey! she said to keep the 5/2 for now until they raise my prices and then maybe i can upgrade. $215/month for all the services doesnt seem that sweet to me, how much more can they raise it

You were very lucky.

Took me 3 separate attempts to finally get it done. However, it was worth the aggravation. They moved me from 5/2 to 20/5 as part of the free upgrade. And the fact that I threatened canceling my service after all the customer service BS.

20/5 for $41.19/mo. is a smoking deal.

Okay, I have had Fios TV and Fios internet for over 2 years now. I tried calling a few days ago and go ZERO response.

I called today, after seeing a 'bundle' offer listed on verizon.com Get this. They are offering 20/5 internet and their Extreme HD tv package for $79.99 per month (plus HD receiver, taxes, blah, blah blah). After getting transferred and hung up on numerous times, I finally get a hold of Eddie, a Dallas supervisor. He gets me the 20/5 and the same HD channels I have now for $79.99 vs. the ~$99.99 I pay now. So, since I am saving so much money, I added the sports package and got the Media Manager, so I am essentially paying what I was before I had that stuff and had the 15/2 internet service.

It only took 90 minutes. lol

That sucks. I guess I was one of the lucky ones. It took one call and all of five minutes.

It only took 90 minutes. lol

Okay, I have had Fios TV and Fios internet for over 2 years now. I tried calling a few days ago and go ZERO response.

I called today, after seeing a 'bundle' offer listed on verizon.com Get this. They are offering 20/5 internet and their Extreme HD tv package for $79.99 per month (plus HD receiver, taxes, blah, blah blah). After getting transferred and hung up on numerous times, I finally get a hold of Eddie, a Dallas supervisor. He gets me the 20/5 and the same HD channels I have now for $79.99 vs. the ~$99.99 I pay now. So, since I am saving so much money, I added the sports package and got the Media Manager, so I am essentially paying what I was before I had that stuff and had the 15/2 internet service.

It only took 90 minutes. lol

I understand your concern, but it was very easy. I had the same plan as you, and it took a little over 7 minutes start to finish. You will more than double your upload speed and get 5mbs faster download speed.

Womack03: "I would like the free internet upgrade from 15/2 to 20/5"
Nice Lady: "let me look at your account info"

1min pause

Nice Lady: "Ok Mr. Womack, the changes you requested will begin after 5pm."
Womack03: "Thank you, have a great day"

Super easy.

I haven't tweaked mine or caled for the upgrade, but on Speakeasy's speed test, I get this.

Last Result:
Download Speed: 15578 kbps (1947.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 1839 kbps (229.9 KB/sec transfer rate)


So I'm, content for now. I'd hate top have to sit on the phone for a while to gain a little more speed that won't really make much difference for my use.

www.verizon.net/optimizesettings

if you have XP and want to speed it up. Took both of mine from slow to full usage on the up/down. File is at the bottom of the page. Run it then reboot...

do you have the phone? 20/5 with phone is $80/mth.
20/5 by itself is 57 and freedom essentials is 53/mth by itself. I'm guessing you don't have a phone cause I haven't worked in a month but I think I remember the base price bein $52 but if you don't have a landline they charge you $5 extra(gay).

www.verizon.net/optimizesettings

if you have XP and want to speed it up. Took both of mine from slow to full usage on the up/down. File is at the bottom of the page. Run it then reboot...

Sold em the day after I posted em up. Fixed some gaskets, new plugs, and tuned the carbs, the 250 was faster than ever lol. Wish it had run like that before but oh well. Also did a lil welding on the trailer since it was cracked, and recarpeted them, got a pretty penny as well.

ah thats why. yea, i pay 57 but i dont have tv so no bundle discounts.

I have fios internet and TV

She said I had to sign up for another year contract with them. the $45/month is the promo for 20/5

the normal 20/5 price is $57 (which is only like $3 more then I was paying before)

I called and went from 5/2 for 54.99/month to 20/5 for 45.99/month

Damnit! Sorry to hear that bro, as that has to suck out loud...

Y'all sell those skis yet?

not sure, broke both my wrists so i haven't been workin for about a month, i'll see if they've mentioned mckinney in any of the preshifts lately though

When are y'all gonna start going D2D in McKinney? I've been going to the verizon site weekly to see if my area is being serviced yet. My buddy's got the 20/20 pkg and downloaded 14gb in 5 hours, where as my 7/512 package w/ TWC was stuck at 26 hours on the same download.

what's his upgraded speed? i think that i'm on the 15/2 or 15/5 currently...i don't remember for certain.

That's because their backbone is a DS3. You won't get more throughput than 45 Mbits/s. And that is only provided you are the only one on their server conducting a test at the time.

For home users the tests are accurate, but people doing these from work connected to huge pipes are going to get skewed results.

Tell them to quit lying. My dad lives off Ballard on the west side of the RR tracks and his was upgraded.

I've found speakeasy.net/speedtest - Dallas test to be fairly accurate at our speeds. It's starts slacking at DS3 speeds and above.