1. Hey Jason,
Not to worry ... I'm sure Verizon will get you hooked up soon, at least at the office. I live in "90402" and they just installed fiber in the last month or two.
Best,
Marty

Posted at 11:08PM on May 22nd 2007 by Marty

2. LOL. Let me know if that works out for you. They recently left the Hawaii market and we're left with the "Carlyle Group." They have no plans for any type of fiber, ever. I hate you Verizon!

Posted at 12:36AM on May 23rd 2007 by Nocturnal

3. Just be glad you're not using 56k dial-up

Posted at 8:55AM on May 23rd 2007 by Ambrand Dot Com

4. I used to have Optimum Boost from Cablevision (30 Megs down, 5 up) but had to give it up when we moved from CT into the city. Now I have Time Warner (7megs down, < 1 down) and FIOS is nowhere in sight. Not only that but Boost allowed you to host a web site and email server in house. I miss it.

Posted at 9:57AM on May 23rd 2007 by Jesse

5. Hahahaha. You are saying what I am feeling. I love the IPG demo for version 2 of their TV service: http://verizonfios.com/img/

I sold my house in 90401 and slumming it in NE LA so I am not holding my breath. :)

Posted at 3:16PM on May 23rd 2007 by Mauronic

6. Having recently moved from Fairfax Virginia to the beach... I coulda been a contenda.

But what is most aggravating is all the hype (I assume) about how fast Verizon is rolling out FIOS to compete with cable. I just don't see it. That, and all the "dark fiber" that is supposedly underground already. Friends in much more remote places than I am have dropped not only DSL but phone service and now make phone calls over Cable modem connections that work just fine and cost less than anything similar (if available) from Verizon.

Add to that that Verizon is calling me weekly to "upgrade" my long distance plan to something that would clearly cost me more and I'm beginning to lose what little respect I had for the company. Someone's gonna eat their lunch soon if they don't watch out.

Posted at 6:39PM on May 23rd 2007 by macbeach

7. You might try contacting City of Brentwood or Contra Costa County to determine who has cable franchising jurisdiction in your area. Back here in Loudoun County, VA, Verizon was running HSI and FTTP phone service while waiting for their television piece to get approval. You see, municipalities like to have the deep pockets companies install institutional networks gratis to the towns (to broadcast town council meetings and whatnot), offer free service to the municipality, and commit frequencies/channels to public, educational, government use (PEG in-kind) and even support public access. Levy franchise fees and the like.

One would have thought everyone would have made the jump to YouTube and (with much chagrin) Operator11...not so.

City of Brentwood Municipal Code for Cable Television:

http://qcode.us/codes/brentwood/view.php?topic=5-5_24&frames=off

The Center for Public Integrity - Verizon (check "Facilities" to see where Verizon has operations/franchising permission):

http://www.publicintegrity.org/telecom/search/profile.aspx?id=M000055

Posted at 9:52PM on May 23rd 2007 by Rob in NoVA

8. Poor you ;-)
We have 100 Mbit/s here in Sweden, Europe, Planet Earth ;-)

Good luck with Verizone! I hate them...

Posted at 4:46PM on May 26th 2007 by Bello

9. you need fiber optics to get 30/10 speeds? Man, US internet does suck. We get 30/10 with VDSL (50€ per month, unlimited download/upload), you only go optic if you want 100mbit+

Posted at 5:27PM on May 26th 2007 by blaž

10. Getting Fios installed in 90402 (guys are in the garage hooking it up now). I am pretty sure that it is only north of Montana in Santa Monica right now. Will post how it goes. Installation guys say they will offer 100/10Mbps by end of year.

Posted at 2:22PM on May 29th 2007 by Mike Todd

11. Typical co-axial cable has a theoretical bandwidth of 1Ghz. So at usual symbol rates, that amounts to 1Gbps of bitrate. However, cable companies use only one channel (6Mhz) to hook you up to the www and hence the lower bitrates for up and down. You dont need fibre for 30Mbps internet connection. That bitrate can be achieved in traditional co-axial cables.

Posted at 5:06PM on May 29th 2007 by Anando

12. I would like to get rid of my cable service because for the past year it has been terrible. My neighbors and i have been waiting for fiber optics to come into our area, but it's not happening. Cable is really getting everyone angry and its time for a change! This is a request to have fios set up in the sloatsburg area of NY zip code 10974. My adress is 19 richard st sloatsburg NY 10974, my neighbors and i would appreciate it if fios could be set up so we don't have to deal with a bad internet service. Please rescue us! Email me back ar rjmcnasty@aol.com Thank you

Posted at 9:13PM on Jun 11th 2007 by Ray

13. Dude! Me too man. I'm ON Monatana and 90403 - right across from the Brentwood Country Club and I can't get FIOS here either! No way I'm caving for cable - I've heard horror stories of TIME WARNER'S terrible customer service - not to mention slow upload speeds and down time. I'm having COVAD install an SOHO dedicated line to my house June 22nd. THEY deal directly with the phone co. (which is Verizon of course) and they give me a dedicated IP address as well as guaranteed upload speeds of 768K or 1Meg depending on price - upgrade-able. I've run speed ping tests and get really great numbers - BUT - in real life, uploading big files (mulitple 1.2 meg jpegs - sometimes as many as 100 jpegs) I only get like 88Kps. 88K! You gotta be kidding me. On a line that supposedly tests out at 2.7 MEGS UPLOAD speeds on speedtests. Those tests don't put a real life load on the line. Now i'm hearing of people just across the street and down about 9 blocks from me who are getting FIOS INSTALLED NOW!!! Man that is frustrating. Yet VERIZON won't even HING at when I might be able to get FIOS at my address! Gotta love the phone company.

Posted at 3:24PM on Jun 20th 2007 by Jim K

14. I'm in 90402 and have TW Cable cablemodem. I get a solid 6M down and have had very few issues with (especially after the Adelphia cutover). I'd say no more than one hiccup (

Posted at 5:11PM on Aug 25th 2007 by cjl