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I was just about to call FiOS to switch from Xfinity because these data caps are absolutely ridiculous. I am sad now. Aside: Comcast, wtf? 1.2 TB limit per mo
by arthurcolle 6y ago
I was just about to call FiOS to switch from Xfinity because these data caps are absolutely ridiculous. I am sad now.
Aside: Comcast, wtf? 1.2 TB limit per month? Seriously if anyone works at Comcast know that I hate your company with an overwhelming passion.
- garettmd 6y agoTo be fair, I've had FiOS for more than a year now, and this is the first incident I've had with them. I'm pretty comfortable saying they have a much better reputation than Comcast...
- abstractbarista 6y agoWow, that's crazy. I use over 1TB a day. Forever thankful for Google Fiber.
- slivanes 6y agoHow does does one use over 1TB a day?
- arthurcolle 6y agoRunning scrapers can get you there pretty fast ;)
- frakkingcylons 6y agoWow 1TB per day? What is using all that bandwidth? (if you don't mind me asking)
- vondur 6y agoI've had FIOS service since 2007 or so here in SoCal and I can count the outages over this period on one hand.
- tomjakubowski 6y agoI was a long-term Fios customer in SoCal, and they were indeed very reliable up until Verizon sold the local service to Frontier. Glad to hear they're not a problem for everyone at least.
- trimbo 6y agoUnlimited data is $30 extra. https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/exp-unlimited-data https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/exp-unlimited-data
- arthurcolle 6y agoSweet, I actually rent their modem so they said that they can give it to me for like $11 a month, just got it activated today. Thanks for the tip!
- luxuryballs 6y agoFIOS is WAY better, they will fix their broken cable. I get (so far unlimited) 30gb up/down for $40/mo but it typically runs closer to 60 down 70 up. Fiber optic is baller. Though I do feel like they throttle me (web browsing becomes slow) if I am watching a streaming video service or mining crypto without a VPN on, could be an illusion but it always tends to clear up as soon as I activate the VPN.
- hnuser123456 6y ago60-70 gigabits per second for $40/month? Guessing you mean megabits. Not worth being packet inspected. 1gbit on comcast seems to give 42 mbps upload, was 50 a few months ago. ~$80/mo edit: hitting 48-50 mbps again today, sweet
- lotsofpulp 6y agoComcast upload is a farce. They don't bother stating it anywhere, I presume because they modify it as needed to satisfy their needs for providing TV channels or their "burst" download speeds.
- hnuser123456 6y agoIt's usually 10% of your download it seems, apparently until you go past about 250 mbps.
- sitzkrieg 6y agoits 3/5/10/35mbit up, but consistent. 35 is the docsis limit on their gigabit cable offering
- lotsofpulp 6y agoThey never advertise upload bandwidth anywhere, and it varies hugely when I'm at other people's houses that have cable internet. I assumed it's because they might provision 200mbps down / 10mbps up for a neighborhood, and then throttle you down as necessary.
- SteveGerencser 6y agoI love these posts. They remind me that there are places in the world where technology is moving forward. Where we live in Tennessee I have to run 2 internet connections to be able to have a service when I need it. 3gb DSL and a 5gb satellite connection. The sat connection has the additional bonus of being capped at 150Gb per month. All these new streaming services may as well not even exist for those of us in rural areas.
- lotsofpulp 6y agoWhen I bought a home, I limited my searches to ones that had symmetric fiber connections.
- arthurcolle 6y agoHad to make this after seeing your post. https://i.imgflip.com/4vesal.jpg https://i.imgflip.com/4vesal.jpg
- lotsofpulp 6y agoHaha. I have a multi generational household. 4 adults, 2 children, and we're heavy Facetime/Apple TV users. 4 to 8 HD simultaneous video streams is normal, plus the security cameras. I also wanted to be able to stream from my server at home anywhere I am. And with 2 people working from home, it was an amazing decision.
- pbronez 6y agohaha I've been dreaming about a 10GB LAN setup; getting that on WAN would be awesome. I'd immediately establish elaborate multi-site NAS systems.
- SteveGerencser 6y agoI priced having a 10m fiber connection brought out here. I was quoted just over $5k/month with a minimum 3 year contract. I assume they were expecting me to just pay for the new service to the entire area for them to resell. Wife wanted to live out here. So we traded my being able to work easily for amazing views and lots of land. Not entirely unhappy with the trade, but there are days when I think about just renting an office in town. (30 minutes away).
- adrr 6y agoA fiber cut can affect any ISP.
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- ronnier 6y agoWhat's worse is the 35 Mbps upload.
- betterunix2 6y agoFios service is fantastic, and this morning's outage barely impacted me in Jersey City (only some disruption that seemed to be related to NYC area DCs more than Fios service itself). I have found their service to be very reliable for years now, with throughput that does not fluctuate (I get what I pay for regardless of the time of day) and lower latency than I had with Comcast. No regrets at all. The only real complaint I have is that Verizon still seems to be unable to deploy IPv6. They have promised it for years and never seem to get past the testing phase.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 6y agoI think the price dropped though. I was furious until I saw a lower bill. I also got a speed increase to 1.2gbps I still wish I had other options in my area (nh)