http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/Jan 18th 2010 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/
Ummm paying $69/mo for internet (I have it bundled with TV) at a "discounted" "bundled" rate with comcast; total monthly bill with no phone is $150. So this triple play for $99 w/ 5x the bandwidth looks friggin cheap to me still no Fios in my area though. They would get my entire suburb south of Seattle if they were here.]]>Jan 18th 2010 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/
I don't think you understand.
He agrees with the point you've just made.
Verizon Wireless is not the same as Verizon Residential/Business.]]>Jan 18th 2010 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/
Too bad Verizon sold off Washington state to Frontier.

Too bad that Verizon stops the fiber build out in June.

If Fiber isn't in your area now, you're going to keep on waiting indefinitely. ]]>Jan 18th 2010 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/Jan 18th 2010 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/FiOS has the REDZONE channel which is awesome. I had the Sunday Ticket with Direct TV and 99% of the time I was watching the redzone channel they have anyways.]]>Jan 18th 2010 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/Jan 18th 2010 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/Jan 18th 2010 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/Ahh fuck, so I'm screwed because ATT is the telco in my area...
]]>Jan 18th 2010 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/Jan 18th 2010 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/Yeah, they'd really be motivated to increase speeds with one of their competitors gone. ]]>Jan 18th 2010 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/
AT&T and Verizon residential services to compete in any way. Well done. ]]>Jan 18th 2010 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/Only if I'm willing to move do they compete. My location has been AT&T (old and new) and _not_ Verizon since about 1920.

Or do they have two pure phone companies where you live? Here I have AT&T phone (copper twisted pair) or Time-Warner Cable (coax). Or DirecTV, but not much fiber there, either.

]]>Jan 18th 2010 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/Jan 18th 2010 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/
Cue porn music...]]>Jan 18th 2010 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/
Awww, and he's so non-threatening.

The last FiOS guy that came to my house was 200lbs of muscle, had a skull tattoo on his forearm and hadn't shaved in three days.]]>Jan 18th 2010 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/
Cue porn music.]]>Jan 18th 2010 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/Jan 18th 2010 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/
You work for Cablevision? What department?

Inbound sales here and while the price/speed does sound alluring even to me I would never get in bed with VZ even if CVC fired me. With their preposterous ETF's and shady billing....

I can't tell you how many customers I get saying "Get me the hell out of VZ"

Still though, I will admit...this will definitely make the Cable Co's sweat. I hope they step their game up. ]]>Jan 18th 2010 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/
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]]>Jan 18th 2010 3:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/Jan 18th 2010 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/Jan 18th 2010 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/8d/3u here in Seattle advertised at 15d. Feel your pain]]>Jan 18th 2010 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/Jan 18th 2010 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/o how i agree with you, its sad i cant get a decent speed EVER]]>Jan 19th 2010 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/Jan 18th 2010 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/Jan 18th 2010 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/Jan 18th 2010 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/Jan 18th 2010 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/
In Hong Kong, you can get 100Mbps for $13/month. See http://www.hkbn.net/bb1000/ for example.]]>Jan 18th 2010 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/
Much more difficult covering thousands and thousands of miles let alone millions and millions of customers. Just paying for the' right of way' to run the cable is insanely expensive.

Fiber to the home is much more complicated over a huge land mass... not to mention the crazy rules and regulations around telcos in the USA and how they have to negoiate rights on a township by township basis.

]]>Jan 18th 2010 1:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/it's just a lack of competition that's to blame if you ask me, DSL is no longer capable of keeping up with Cable, and all the Cable companies are pretty much allied together]]>Jan 18th 2010 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/
The population density of Manhattan is more than four times that of Hong Kong, yet the best residential broadband available here is 50Mbps for $140/month, while in Hong Kong you can get 100Mbps for $13/month.

The fact that it might cost a lot of money to provide broadband to Kansas doesn't explain this. Only lack of competition can.]]>Jan 18th 2010 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/
(Yes, I'm bitter. Why do you ask?)]]>Jan 18th 2010 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/Jan 18th 2010 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/no but dslreports does.
http://www.dslreports.com/gmaps/fios]]>Jan 18th 2010 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/Thanks.

Looks a lot like ATT&T's 3G map, don't it?
::evil, sarcastic grin::]]>Jan 18th 2010 12:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/
No offense, but did you seriously just try to be coy while comparing 3G Wireless and FTTH Fios?

I used to work ATT b2b sales and am still an ATT mobility customer but...really?

Wow.]]>Jan 18th 2010 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/I've been wanting to get FiOS for at least 4 years now. I don't live in the boonies.

In fact, at one point several years ago, I was told by reps that they were going to be installing it in my local CO "shortly", only to be told a few months later that there "wasn't enough room" for the equipment, despite the fact that they had just finished expanding the place.

I just think it's ironic that Verizon is (appropriately) busting on ATT&T for their limited 3G coverage, while their FiOS coverage is in worse shape. Even worse, they're advertising it heavily in areas (such as mine) where they're apparently not even making any installation efforts. Nor do they seem to be working on expanding FiOS coverage nearly as hard as ATT&T is working on expanding 3G and/or 4G coverage.]]>Jan 18th 2010 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/Jan 18th 2010 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/
The only times I don't get the full bandwidth relate to issues on the "other end". Not all sites are on server with such a good pipe.]]>Jan 18th 2010 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/Jan 18th 2010 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/Sorry to bug you. I was wondering where you were in Houston that you had access to FIOS? I had heard it was in Baytown and League City but was interested if it was in the loop.]]>Jan 18th 2010 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/Jan 19th 2010 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/Jan 18th 2010 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/Jan 18th 2010 12:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/verizon-unveils-new-fios-bundles-with-symmetrical-35mbps-pipes/Jan 18th 2010 12:20PM