Most of the DC area has seen a double in package speeds in recent months. If you try to order FIOS as a new customer, chances are the minimum package you're offered will be 10/2 whereas most of us started off (and are still on) on 5/2. If you're on 5/2, chances are you can get a free upgrade to 10/2 just by asking for it.
Call up customer service, say you want to check on what your current plan is and ask what your options for upgrade are. If they don't offer you the 10/2 for "no increase in monthly rate" then say your neighbor just got 10/2 for the same price you're paying for 5/2. At this point they should offer you the upgrade for free.
Verizon has basically doubled all the plans, so even if you had 10/2 before I think you can get 20/2 for no charge. You can check package availability on Verizon's website if you're curious.
I called at 5:30 pm today and am already seeing an increased level of porn and illegal file sharing. :thumbup:
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'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
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Looks good but what does the "ping" speed indicate?
Ugh.
7835 down, 721 up, 31ms latency.
Comcast sucks.
1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass 442
Ole Wrote:Looks good but what does the "ping" speed indicate?
In simple terms, it's the speed a request takes to go round trip from you to the server. In an increasingly broadband world, this is were a lot of the gains are to be made. When I went from Comcast's 5 down to Verizon's 5, the web felt considerably faster because of 1/4 the latency.
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
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Whee, NTC/Shentel at my apartment. It's kinda like driving the Miata uphill at 20 mph in fourth.
Now:
'16 Ram 1500 | '97 BMW M3 | Some Press Loan
Then:
87 BMW 325e | 91 BMW 535i | 96 BMW 328i | 95 BMW 325i | 95 Mazda Miata | 13 Focus ST | 09 BMW 128i | 00 Pontiac Firebird | 05 Yukon Denali | 96 BMW 328iC | 11 Ford F-150 | 06 BMW M3 | 10 Range Rover SC | '03 Ford Ranger | '18 Ford F-150 | '01 BMW X5 | '98 Volvo S70 T5M
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Comcast- wireless signal from our router used by 3 computers. (Not sure if that has any effect on it)
2006 Subaru WRX STi
2002 BMW 325i
Verizon wireless modem thingy
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Looks like I'm competing with Jake for the king of suck when it comes to speed of the interwebs
Comcast here seems to be pretty decent:
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I've heard a lot of complaints about Fios speed around here but haven't seen any proof of it being slower/faster than Comcast.
So much for the point of this thread. :lol:
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
looks like i need to give them a call.
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I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
Apoc Wrote:So much for the point of this thread. :lol:
I thought this was the Internet Drag Race.... :oops:
Work connection. Posted for record keeping purposes.
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My shit at work seems to be backward from everyone elses..weird
2013 Cadillac ATS....¶▅c●▄███████||▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅||█~ ::~ :~ :►
2008 Chevy Malibu LT....▄██ ▲ █ █ ██▅▄▃▂
1986 Monte Carlo SS. ...███▲▲ █ █ ███████
1999 F250 SuperDuty...███████████████████►
1971 Monte Carlo SC ...◥☼▲⊙▲⊙▲⊙▲⊙▲⊙▲⊙▲⊙☼◤
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LOL FTL! Whoever doesn't think insurance companies are cheap, there's the proof right there.
Edit: Yes, that is a hardwired connection.
Posting in the banalist of threads since 2004
2017 Mazda CX-5 GT AWD Premium
Past: 2016 GMC Canyon All Terrain Crew Cab / 2010 Jaguar XFR / 2012 Acura RDX AWD Tech / 2008 Cadillac CTS / 2007 Acura TL-S / 1966 5.0 HO Mustang Coupe
2001 Lexus IS300 / 2004 2.8L big turbo WRX STI / 2004 Subaru WRX / A couple of old trucks
Sprint EVDO aircard
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not bad for mobile broadband
(I usually get closer to 2000 actually)
Mike Wrote:looks like i need to give them a call.
You might end up losing your awesome upload on accident. That would suck.
Since we're all comparing the size of our pipes... here's my work one.
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'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
Apoc Wrote:Mike Wrote:looks like i need to give them a call.
You might end up losing your awesome upload on accident. That would suck.
yeah, i... i think i value the great upload over 10v5 down.
work
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I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
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I would never get FIOS on the principle of the matter. I had so many issues with trying to get Verizon down in Harrisonburg (which eventually never happened) and canceling my DSL in Frederick that I will never use them again.[/img]
Why do people just post what they are thinking? Without thinking.
2012 Ford Mustang
1995 BMW 540i/A
1990 Eagle Talon TSI AWD
Yeah... forgoing a superior product at a cheaper price is definitely not worth sacrificing being able to stick it to them!
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
I thought I was winning til Mike opened his fly...
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