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 TN
outside. They say you have to use their d-link router but anything
talking pppoe will do so.
-- atm
GEEKS:

I got my folks on this when it came to the area they live in. As many
of you I'm sure, I'm their 24x7 support contact for anything more
technical than the waffle iron.

I was constantly getting reports that the system I left in place 5
years ago (ye olde dial-on-demand router) was broken, so we went to
DSL, which was also unreliable. Gave FIS a go, a bit of a risk I'll
admit, but over the last two months I've gotten 0 complaints.

The install wasn't bad either. They have premade lengths of fiber so
they're not melting/glueing (and waiting) onsite. Its a single fiber
which hooks into the TN, which is about the size of a child's
backpack. Excess cable is kept in a compartment in the back. We have
it mounted in our basement on the same crapboard which holds our main
breaker box, greywater overflow alarm, phone punch blocks etc. They
also mounted a backup battery pack (12v, 14ah; 10 hours full
operation, 2 hours 911-dialout-only) and the dlink router down there
(on my request). They ran some cat5 up to a central/high point in the
house which has the 802.11b bridge. There are still 3-4 open ports on
the router in the basement if we ever need them.

I can't speak to speed, since I'm not there and they are not the
heavy downloading typesbut as far as the reliability goes, I'm
sold.
-porkchop


>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 TN
>outside. They say you have to use their d-link router but anything
>talking pppoe will do so.
>
atm
>
>GEEKS:

GEEKS:

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 TN
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

GEEKS:

Tue, 25, 2005 at 10:24:52AM -0400, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
I'd love to get it, but they're saying it's going to be YE2006. It'll
save me a lot of money.

Yeah. Looks to be around that time for me too. Currently, my only
broadband options are Wireless. Adelphia and Dan Ryan builders are at an
impasse, and despite the fact that VZ has copper pairs within a very
close proximity to me, the actual C is a ways away, so, no DSL for me.
I'm saving my pennies so I can pay the $300 fee for install and site
survey.

GEEKS:

Jeff Cole wrote:
Tue, 25, 2005 at 10:24:52AM -0400, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:

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

Yeah. Looks to be around that time for me too. Currently, my only
broadband options are Wireless. Adelphia and Dan Ryan builders are at an
impasse, and despite the fact that VZ has copper pairs within a very
close proximity to me, the actual C is a ways away, so, no DSL for me.
I'm saving my pennies so I can pay the $300 fee for install and site
survey.

Where do you live?

Peace Sridhar

GEEKS:

Tue, 25, 2005 at 11:52:19AM -0400, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
Jeff Cole wrote:
Yeah. Looks to be around that time for me too. Currently, my only
broadband options are Wireless. Adelphia and Dan Ryan builders are at an
impasse, and despite the fact that VZ has copper pairs within a very
close proximity to me, the actual C is a ways away, so, no DSL for me.
I'm saving my pennies so I can pay the $300 fee for install and site
survey.

Where do you live?

Martinsburg, WV in a new housing development. Apparently, Dan Ryan (the
housing builder) had a trench for Adelphia to lay their cable. However,
at some point, the trench was paved over, and Adelphia won't do anything
until the trench is re-dug. Chances of that happening in the near
future? Slim to none. DirecTV is doing a brisk business in our community
:)

GEEKS: