FIOS

[Tom Metro]

Fred wrote:
> They seem to be rather stubborn on the 2Mbit upstream limitation. You do a 
> bit better with business class service, I think.

Yes, the entry level service is 20M/5M for $60/mo. So a bit better upstream.


> I do know of someone who managed to get a full symmetric T3 bandwidth
> through Fios, but he had to pull some strings at Verizon to do it.

As noted in my earlier posting, the "small business" hardware supports 
two T-1 connections, running ATM, so latency should be fairly well 
controlled on those, but whether Verizon will sell you data services 
over those connections is another matter.

  -Tom

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