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Lizden · Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 11:18 am Post subject: how fast is fast?

OK...so I've been dealing with large video files for the past 2 days.
800 MG QuickTime files.

I'm on Broadband Cable & it's taking me 40 minutes to upload them to an FTP site.
My client (who has FIOS) says it only takes him about 5 minutes to upload his 800 MG file
(It took me 25 minutes to download his 800 MG file)

So I did a "Speed Test" on www.speedtest.net and here are the numbers they came back with for me:
Download speed: 10.22 Mbps
Upload speed: 2.05 Mbps

When I compare this to what FIOS has this really does seem paltry. UGH.
Fios offers 3 tiers: 15/5 ~ 25/25 ~ 50/20

I've never had to deal with such huge files with just audio, so this is new to me.

When I went to my cable provider's site, they say 15mbps down and 2Mbps up is what they advertise...so pretty close to what I have.

Is this normal?

Of course for an extra fee I can get the "boost" service for 50Mbps for downloads and up to 8Mbps for uploads.

Is it worth getting FIOS (although since we're selling, I won't do it here, but thinking ahead.)

Has anyone had any issues with FIOS?

Edited to correct a set of numbers (thanks Eddie!!)
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Eddie Eagle · M&M Joined: 23 Apr 2008 Posts: 2393

FIOS is a great true fiber optic backbone. Not just a fiber network that operates off a cable backbone.

Optic speed doesn't get bogged down like cable speed can.
I have a boost pack from comcast and my regular speeds are @20mbps down and 5-10 up depending on network traffic.

I think your numbers are reversed on the 15up and 2 down.
Yes it's worth the price for FIOS. A truly superior network. I would get it if it were available to me.

Lizden · Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 12:12 pm Post subject:

bobsouer · Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 1:04 pm Post subject:

Liz,

When I moved back to Pittsburgh a bit over a year ago, I ordered FiOS for our old house here. I've been supremely happy with the quality, speed and reliability of the service. I'm hooked. The price is SO worth it. Just be careful to specify that you want to keep your copper lines installed when FiOS service is installed, because ISDN requires the copper. (In my case, they actually had to come back out and re-string the copper from the street to install my ISDN lines.)
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Mel · Joined: 16 Dec 2009 Posts: 11 Location: Vermont

Wish I could get FIOS where I am

With the 'speed tests' you often don't see the true speed of cable. Most cable providers give a temporary boost in speed, and the tests are often too short in duration to correct for this. I switched to DSL and seem to get the same overall performance as I did with cable. Though video buffered faster with cable, and the first 20-25% of a file downloaded quickly, it always tapered off quite a bit past that for me.

With Fiber and DSL your connection isn't shared, though overall internet congestion or limits from the host website's connection can still slow you down.
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georgethetech · Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 2:39 pm Post subject:

I am a happy FIOS customer, lucky to have just moved to a neighborhood with it. Since I got it March 25th uptime has been 100% and the speeds are always consistent. I am doing 25/25 service until all the data on my network is backed up with crashplan.com, then will downgrade to 15 down/5 up once that's complete. Should take a couple months or so to back up 4 or 5 TB's of audio, pictures, and movies.
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Mushmelon · Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 5:25 pm Post subject:

Another happy Fios customer here. I have had it since it was offered here about 3 years ago. Not a single outage...EVER...at least that I am aware of. I have the 25/25 plan but the actual speed is 30/25 and never wavers. Well worth the money...IMO
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Jacob Ekstroem · Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 2:41 pm Post subject:

Liz, to answer your question, this is fast:

Of course, this is in Sweden, not the US. My connection is actually 100/100, but unfortunately I'm behind a 54G-wireless router. Monthly fee is just under $50.00, dunno if that's expensive compared to what you're used to in the US.

So, are speeds like those worth it? They definitely are for me. Most of what I do is corporate and e-learning stuff, and quite often the clients ask for 24 bit WAV-files. I also do two weekly 2-hour radioshows, which are delivered as WAV-files. I don't keep my own FTP running, everything is uploaded to either the client's FTP or my own web-server for easy download. A 2-hour radioshow (which is uploaded as an approx. 900 MB zip-file) takes about 5 minutes to upload, a 1-hour narration a couple of minutes. Gotta love it.
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Deirdre · Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 5:10 pm Post subject:

Here's mine. I'm paying a premium for high speed.

$40 per month.
I don't know why they choke the upload side so badly.
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Jeffrey Kafer · Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 8:00 pm Post subject:

So you can't upload all your warez, Deebs.
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kgenus · Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 9:25 pm Post subject:

melissa eX · Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 10:55 pm Post subject:

I've had FIOS for close to 3 years. I love it. Extremely stable. Extra bonus - the guy who installed my FIOS turned out to also be one of two .... count 'em .... two people in Northern NJ who install ISDN - so no long explanations necessary when I told him not to cut my copper.

With FIOS TV - anything you record on the DVR you can play on any set-top box in the house. Last time I checked Cablevision had nothing like it.

Make sure they put your phone service on FIOS - don't let them talk you into Digital Voice or whatever they're calling it these days. You don't want the voip service. They tell you you'll save a lot of money. When you make them do the math it turns out to be about $5 -- no way worth it.

George: Crashplan.com???

Oh, also on some FIOS plans you get access to verizon hotspots.

Deirdre · Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 12:47 am Post subject:

Yeah, Jeff— those darned warez.

Devil

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Brad Venable · Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 6:08 pm Post subject:

I'm having bandwidth jealousy of Jacob's numbers. Sticking out Tongue

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Jacob Ekstroem · Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 5:37 am Post subject: