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[Discuss] now available for Verizon FIOS: uploading...



I thought I read something a while back about Verizon no longer expanding
FiOS so they could focus on the more lucrative smartphone market.

On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 10:07 PM, Tom Metro <tmetro+blu at gmail.com> wrote:

> OK, so the headline is a joke, but it's the impression you get from the
> mail advertisement I received from them this week:
>
>   INTRODUCING SPEEDMATCH. NOW GET
>   MATCHING UPLOAD AND DOWNLOAD SPEEDS
>   ...
>   Why uploads matter: Did you know that whenever you send an email
>   attachment, back up files to the cloud or share a large file or video,
>   you're uploading? Fact is, we're uploading more than ever.
>
>
> Ha! So that's uploading you say?
>
> They go on to show a speed comparison chart between this new service and
> cable Internet that shows how much time it would take to upload for each
> of several suggested applications: posting 10 photos to a web site,
> email complex medical images, share 20-minute training video, or backup
> company files to the cloud.
>
> Of course they don't list running your own server, as they still want to
> discourage you from doing that, but having a consumer-oriented ISP
> acknowledge that there are useful things you can do with upstream
> bandwidth is ground breaking.
>
>
>   Time is money. And upload speeds that match your download speed can
>   save your business precious minutes every day.
>   ...
>   YOU BUSINESS DOESN'T HAVE TO SETTLE FOR LESS THAN 100% OF THE
>   INTERNET.
>
> Thank you Verizon. (This is why you are vigorously in favor of net
> neutrality, right Verizon?)
>
>  -Tom
>
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> Tom Metro
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