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[Verizon] Fios launches $70 Gigabit service.

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#1 ·
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Verizon today launched Fios Gigabit Connection - the nation's largest deployment of gigabit Internet connection service. Fios Gigabit Connection provides downloads as fast as 940 Mbps and uploads as fast as 880 Mbps.

Priced at $69.99 a month standalone...
$70 without equipment.
$80 with a router rental.

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Pretty excited about this. Finally affordable gigabit service arrives in NY. I've just ordered my installation and it looks like installation fees are waived for new customer as well. Coming from TWC 300/30 service that's $90 without equipment, I think they're really going to feel the burn in the coming months.
 
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Originally Posted by axiumone View Post

$70 without equipment.
$80 with a modem rental.

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Pretty excited about this. Finally affordable gigabit service arrives in NY. I've just ordered my installation and it looks like installation fees are waived for new customer as well. Coming from TWC 300/30 service that's $90 without equipment, I think they're really going to feel the burn in the coming months.
Fibre doesn't use a modem, It uses a Network termination device and a router, Just saying.
 
#7 ·
Not available in my area yet. For $10 more I could have had gigabit
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#8 ·
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Originally Posted by Rayleyne View Post

Fibre doesn't use a modem, It uses a Network termination device and a router, Just saying.
*network interface device
 
#11 ·
Wish I could get this. I'm with charter. or spectrum or w/e they call themselves. $65 for 60/5. Not complaining, but damn I wish I could get this.

edit.

So they cant give me fios, but they want to sell me a drone, and a whole bunch of home automation stuff.
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https://www.verizon.com/home/OrderNew/OutOfFranchise.html?MO=Y

Just found that funny.
 
#12 ·
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Originally Posted by luckyduck View Post

Wish I could get this. I'm with charter. or spectrum or w/e they call themselves. $65 for 60/5. Not complaining, but damn I wish I could get this.

edit.

So they cant give me fios, but they want to sell me a drone, and a whole bunch of home automation stuff.
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https://www.verizon.com/home/OrderNew/OutOfFranchise.html?MO=Y

Just found that funny.
Same here 60 down with charter and no other options. I would pay more if they would offer higher speeds but all they want to do is sell me tv channels
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Originally Posted by ryboto View Post

I'm still going to complain even though you've outdone me...$50 for 7mbps...down the road for the same money is 150mbps. COOL STORY VERIZON.
I'm paying 120$ for 12mbps with a 150GB cap and a 750ms ping. Don't complain.
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#15 ·
sounds good, too bad its not within my area, or rather my country...

though on that note, whats the data cap?
also data restrictions, e.g. torrents, VPNs, data server-type workloads aren't allowed? etc.
 
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Originally Posted by epic1337 View Post

sounds good, too bad its not within my area, or rather my country...

though on that note, whats the data cap?
also data restrictions, e.g. torrents, VPNs, data server-type workloads aren't allowed? etc.
No data caps on this service. As far as I know, no restrictions on torrents, though not allowed to run a home server. If they notice the traffic, they'll "politely" ask you to move to a business plan. Also, verizon is know for traffic shaping and throttling VOD (netflix, youtube, etc.) services.
 
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Originally Posted by luckyduck View Post

Wish I could get this. I'm with charter. or spectrum or w/e they call themselves. $65 for 60/5. Not complaining, but damn I wish I could get this.
We have or had TWC now it's part of Spectrum... no other choices (Buffalo I believe has some fios but down here? no...) Oh I live in Western New York kind of in between Buffalo and Erie PA for reference.

60/5 for $65 doesn't sound bad to me.... I mean you can maybe get 50/5 for that price for 12 months if you're a new customer here. 15 down and I think it's 2 up is $70 a month in this part of Western New York.... Of course you don't find those prices advertised just the "for 12 months.." prices. The normal price of just jumping up to 30 down here... aka not the promotional 12 month... would be almost as much as my entire FIOS package including tv (every channel) and phone cost me in Oregon before Verizon sold that market.

Down here the only "service" Verizon even offers is like a cell phone store....
 
#20 ·
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Originally Posted by axiumone View Post

No data caps on this service. As far as I know, no restrictions on torrents, though not allowed to run a home server. If they notice the traffic, they'll "politely" ask you to move to a business plan. Also, verizon is know for traffic shaping and throttling VOD (netflix, youtube, etc.) services.
i figured, one of the ISPs here on my country does that traffic shaping for VOD service.
i mean, they offer subscription service for movies and all, so they'd obviously throttle those who aren't on their subscription.
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on a side note, they were formerly a TV-cable company that got screwed over by netflix and the likes.
 
#21 ·
In Maryland I pay $40 with fios for 25/25. Looked up my address and it has no gigabit option but 50/50 is $40... so I may try and get my speed up for no cost.
 
#23 ·
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Originally Posted by Rayleyne View Post

Fibre doesn't use a modem, It uses a Network termination device and a router, Just saying.
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Originally Posted by xxdarkreap3rxx View Post

*network interface device
It uses an ONT - Optical Network Terminal, which of course provides network termination. In all probability there's some kind of modem in there to modulate and demodulate the optical signal, before/after it's converted to/from an electrical signal.
 
#26 ·
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Originally Posted by parityboy View Post

It uses an ONT - Optical Network Terminal, which of course provides network termination. In all probability there's some kind of modem in there to modulate and demodulate the optical signal, before/after it's converted to/from an electrical signal.
Which is a type of network interface device. I was just teasing him since he used the non-US name.
 
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