Re: Verizon FIOS

["Jarod Wilson" <user=74@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Dec 23, 2007, at 11:59 AM, Derek Atkins wrote: 

> "James Kramer" <[hidden email]> writes: 
> 
>> Is anyone experiencing any slow connections with Verizon FIOS?  My   
>> computer 
>> seems to crawl when I visit my personal page on google.  When I view 
>> Democracy Now using Real Player, I always have severe problems that   
>> I never 
>> had previously.  It is me or is anyone else realizing a performance   
>> hit 
>> using FIOS?  If I go to Speakeasy Speed Test (The one that Verizon   
>> uses)  It 
>> shows great transfer rates.  I also can download files at a nice   
>> speed.  But 
>> something seems fishy in to me. 
> 
> I wish Vz would get FIOS I-net service into Somerville already... 
> I don't care about their TV service.   But I'm interested in what 
> you mean by "slow connections"?  Is it initial connections being 
> slow?  Or if you go to a website and, say, download a multi-megabyte 
> data file does it take a while?