[geeks] Anybody having FIOS yet?

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Atomist wrote:
> Been having it for 1 1/2 month now and love it. PPPoE sucks but don't  
> want to pay the extra bucks for a static ip.
> 
> But hey 5MBit down / 2MBit up is really fun. Can download @ 550kb/s  
> while uploading at 190kb/s and nothing slows down.
> 
> So far had no outage or any other issues with it. The install went  
> pretty smooth. They pulled a single strand fiber in a really thick.  
> Didn't even notice it until the day the installer put the OTN  
> outside. They say you have to use their d-link router but anything  
> talking pppoe will do so.

I'd love to get it, but they're saying it's going to be YE2006.  It'll 
save me a lot of money.

Peace...  Sridhar