FIOS upgraded to 50MBs downstream

[JiF]rIot · Post by **[JiF]rIot** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 6:20 pm

It appears they included EVERY town touching my town except mine! Figures

[JiF][AARP]Grimp · Post by **[JiF][AARP]Grimp** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 6:51 pm

Thats odd. I had gone to the FIOS site before and if I put in my phone number it said not available.
If I put in my address it said it was. Now it says its not for either my address or my phone number

I had even gotten a flyer in the mail for FIOS a while back. Now I only get DSL offers

Oh well, still its probably just a matter of time. The fibers has been all run for quite a while now.

[JiF][AARP]Grimp · Post by **[JiF][AARP]Grimp** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 6:54 pm

I knew it was available at one time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FiOS_Availability Northborough, Massachusetts. Internet only.

[JiF]rIot · Post by **[JiF]rIot** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 7:27 pm

oooh, ok, the link I clicked was FiOS TV, internet must be different...

[JiF]AlbieDamned · Post by **[JiF]AlbieDamned** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 7:37 pm

[JiF]rIot wrote:oooh, ok, the link I clicked was FiOS TV, internet must be different...

Well it's all served via the same fiber-optic connection. So if your neighborhood is wired for one, you're wired for both. But with TV, I think they have to get individual franchise approval in each county. Here in Maryland, they're approved in Howard County where I live and a couple other counties. The installer was telling me that they just got approved in Baltimore County, which is a huge county. I'm surprised that they'd wire up neighborhoods where they can't provide the TV service yet, but maybe that's what happened.

[JiF]Lonewolf · Post by **[JiF]Lonewolf** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:46 pm

Its offered in Indiana but only in 2 towns and both are around 100 miles from me. I know back in the early to mid 90's they ran fiber through the center of town following the main highway which is the one highway that runs right through the middle of the state from Il to Oh.