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- FiOS
- FIber Optic Service An Internet and TV service from Verizon that employs optical fibers from the telephone company's facilities into individual homes and offices. Starting in 2004, FiOS...
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- Wireless Access: What Price Speed
- Wireless Access: What Price SpeedQuick Question.....Why do people still stand for "locking-in" a 2 year contract to do anything with Verizon?No contract, free WIFI and same speed.... seem's like a no-brainer to me.RE: Wireless Access: What Price SpeedAt least here in NYC Metro area they have you coming and...
- Tags: 3G, INTERNET, Wireless LANs, Fios, boro, Verizon Communications Inc., wireless access, Wi-Fi, wireless
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- What's future proofing worth? Analyzing the Verizon FiOS bet
- What's future proofing worth? Analyzing the Verizon FiOS betcoax vs fiberNo brainer, but if Verizon thinks this is a 10-year ROI or something, think again.Cable has enough bandwidth to satisfy any residential / home-office use for the forseeable future. Heck, phone companies can now cram 3 or 4 high-def video...
- Tags: Network technology, bandwidth, Verizon Communications Inc., cable, Verizon FiOS bet, Verizon FIOS, Analyzing
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- The harsh reality of suburban broadband
- The harsh reality of suburban broadbandi live in parsippanyand my Optimum line does not go down ever! I've had it for over a year now and I have decided to not even consider switching to FIOS as I have zero issues of any kind. My speed test results are 27468...
- Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Cable, suburban broadband, harsh reality, broadband, Fios, Verizon Communications Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-22
- D-Link introduces ethernet-to-coax kit that uses your home's existing wiring
- D-Link introduces ethernet-to-coax kit that uses your home's existing wiringGood stuffThis uses MOCA - Media Over Coax Alliance - technology that FIOS uses for the in home communication between Set top boxes and the ONT on the house. In working with it at Verizon for over 2 years, the only...
- Tags: Modems, Home networking, Broadband Internet, TV & Home Theater, TVs, cable modem, modem, cable, Fios, D-Link Systems
- Discussion threads 2008-05-28
- Voice Mail and Audio Recordings: Evolving E-Discovery Standards
- As the prevalence of sound recordings in today's enterprises grows, new requirements for legal and regulatory compliance are accelerating the need to manage these recordings (e.g. broker/dealer telephone conversations) as business records. Digitized audio communication and digital storage are proliferating Technologies, such as Voice-Over-Internet-Protocol VoIP telephony and unified messaging, which...
- Tags: Phone, Voice, Auditing, Standards, Fios, E-mail, Help Desk, Quality, VOIP, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Online Communications, It Operations, Business Operations, Networking
- White papers 2008-03-21
- 120 Mbps upstream? Even 30 Mbps? Come on- who really needs it?
- Note: I've amended this post with corrective information, including this from our networking guru, George Ou. George,an actual engineer, points out: You cannot claim DOCSIS 3.0 is 160/120 down/up service and compare it to 50/30 down/up FiOS service. That is grossly misleading. 160/120 down/up in...
- Tags: Wavelength, DOCSIS, Mbps, Home, FiOS, Cable, Broadband Internet, Corporate Communications, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Marketing, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-12-03
- Hands off the Internet asks FCC to look into Comcast bandwith delays
- So, the anti-net neutrality group Hands off the Internet chimed in on the debate about Comcast blocking/delaying BitTorrent and other traffic. You will remember, of course, that Comcast was caught in pretty much a bald-faced lie when the AP discovered that the cable company was delaying file uploads. ...
- Tags: FCC, Internet, Network, Comcast Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., FIOS, Federal Government, Networking, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2007-11-12
- Akamai and Fios work the download angle on HD video
- Akamai and Fios work the download angle on HD videoABC HDI get that bandwidth issue with Flash player on Comcast 6Mbit broadband when I watch any of ABC-TV's HD content it freezes in the middle of download. Any idea why? Works great with SD content. FIOS is a...
- Tags: Network technology, Fios, HD Video, Akamai Technologies Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-29
- Verizon offers new FiOS speeds: What do you do with 20 Mbps upstream?
- Verizon offers new FiOS speeds: What do you do with 20 Mbps upstream?There's only one problem witih FIOSI would jump on this in a heartbeat IF Verizon did not require you to use THEIR router. And there is no specific need for this requirement. It's a standard, everyday...
- Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, Cable, Verizon Communications Inc., router, Mbps, Fios
- Discussion threads 2007-10-23
- Podcast: News to know midday: FiOS; Microsoft code protection, Yahoo earnings
- On today's podcast: My FiOS installation: Key points. Gallery. Microsoft's code protection scheme available to third-party developers. Yahoo's Yang preps earnings.
- Tags: News to know, General
- Blog posts 2007-07-16
- Verizon FiOS: The beginning (Photos: Verizon FiOS installation step by step)
- Verizon FiOS: The beginning (Photos: Verizon FiOS installation step by step)NiceDo you mow your own lawn, or have your kids do it?Green ConnectorLooks to be an SC type connector. only showing one, means that they are useing some sort of 2-way multiplexing? normally you have 2 fibers, 1 transmitting and...
- Tags: INTERNET, Network technology, Cable, TVs, Telecom & Utilities, photograph, Fios, Verizon Communications Inc., Verizon Fios
- Discussion threads 2007-07-16
- The Verizon FiOS installation: The key points
- The Verizon FiOS installation: The key pointsreset netgear routermy experience with FIOS installation was that it took the installers a long time to get Verizon to authorize the install. We were moving one phone line and our internet access to FIOS. One thing that I missed was the...
- Tags: Network technology, Routers & switches, DSL, INTERNET, NETWORKING, Broadband Internet, Telecom & Utilities, Verizon Communications Inc., Fios, Verizon Fios, router, cable
- Discussion threads 2007-07-16
- The Verizon FiOS installation: The key points
- As noted Friday, Verizon FiOS was installed in a package deal with telephone, Internet access and television service at my home. Here's a gallery right walking through the main parts of the installation process for folks that may be considering FiOS. Dan Bricklin had a detailed installation walk-through in 2005...
- Tags: Wired & Wireless, Web Technology, Verizon, Telecommunications, Microsoft, Hardware Infrastructure, General, Broadband
- Blog posts 2007-07-16
- Podcast: Oracle's customer-inspired 11g, Larry gets FIOS, Samsung's gadgetfest, VMware's IPO, and more
- This week on the Dan & David Show, my colleague Larry Dignan fills in for Dan Farber who is on vacation and the first order of business is a review of Oracle's 11g announcement. Larry was present for the festivities earlier this week in NYC and sees merit...
- Tags: Wired & Wireless, VMware, virtualization, Verizon, Software Infrastructure, Podcasts, Personal Technology, Open Source, Office 2.0, Microsoft, Intel, Google, General, Enterprise 2.0, EMC, Dan &, David Show, Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-07-13
- Stupid FioS broadband tricks
- Stupid FioS broadband tricksFix your typoI've had 15 kbps since the early 90's.So where is this?Those numbers are nice and all, but really of little value without knowing where you're getting this service. Little Rock, AK? Tijuana? Ontario?I thought of FIOS...But to be honest and i know this is unusual,...
- Tags: Network technology, latency, broadband, Fios, cable, Kbps
- Discussion threads 2007-07-13
- Stupid FioS broadband tricks
- The Verizon installer just left and I now have FioS--installation took about four hours and it was painless. I'll follow up Monday with all the details, but overall I'm just a bit giddy with more speed. So what do you do with 15 kbps downstream? You gloat. You smile. And...
- Tags: Wired & Wireless, Web Technology, Verizon, Telecommunications, General
- Blog posts 2007-07-13
- FiOS - Verizon's long-term vision to the 10 gigabit home
- FiOS - Verizon's long-term vision to the 10 gigabit homeNo real differenceBoth of them lock you into using their "preferred" ISP (Microsoft, last time I looked) and filter IP traffic. Neither offers any better bandwidth than is currently available on a pure ADSL connection once you subtract the...
- Tags: Network technology, Telecom & Utilities, irony, vision, Verizon Communications Inc., cable, Fios, fiber
- Discussion threads 2007-07-09
- My Verizon FiOS experience is about to begin
- My Verizon FiOS experience is about to beginextrasDVR box, three set-tops for three sets"should run $130 a month or so."Please identify that 30% in extra's! That's no small number...FIOS fcustomer or over a yearMy Verizon FIOS service is the best internet service I've even had. I'm paying under...
- Tags: INTERNET, Manufacturing, Network technology, TV & Home Theater, NETWORKING, TV-service, Fios, Verizon Communications Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-07-05
- Verizon's fiber-optic payoff
- Verizon's fiber-optic payoffFIOS vs Cablevision Optimum service on LII recently made the switch to FIOS. Basic 'CABLE' channels are clearer on FIOS than Cablevision; HD is HD. Biggest difference is in the usability of the "boxes". Cablevision's boxes were a lot easier to use to scan what's...
- Tags: Network technology, DSL, Cable, Fiber optics, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, BIGGEST DIFFERENCE, fiber-optics, Cablevision Systems Corp., Fios, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-06-25
- Seven screen shots: forthcoming Verizon FiOS TV Interactive Program Guide
- Seven screen shots: forthcoming Verizon FiOS TV Interactive Program GuideI want this available nowIt's the only way Time Warner will make their pricing and services better, if they get some competition.Nice but ...no real functionality that my DirecTivo has not had for years. The weather, traffic, and movie posters are...
- Tags: Video on demand (VoD), Pricing, Digital media, TV & Home Theater, Fios, Verizon FiOS TV Interactive Program Guide, Verizon Fios TV, Verizon Fios, Verizon Communications Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-06-05
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