FiOS coming to La Plata !

[bfncbs1]

I'm on the next road East, Trinity Church Road. Does anyone know the schedule for FIOS there, if at all? I'm a ways down in Norwood so I guess too far from the LaPlata CO?? BFNCBS1, from reading your posts it sounds like you're right up from me by Debois. You also work for Verizon so I'm sure you would know exactly when fiber is coming to our area. I'm tired of EVDO and there has been no talk of Rev B since 2007 so I guess that's been put off till God knows when.

Any updates would be appreciated.

John

Hey John - I'm right around the corner at Old Sycamore Rd

John right now more or less we are screwed by distance. Even with fiber with the technology we use we only have a 11 mile stretch to play with. That 11 miles is from the La Plata Central office. If we ever approve a 1/8 splitter then it would be possible to get FiOS.

We are testing a 1/8 splitter currently the question is if and when we will approve it. I have talked to many engineers about this and they seem to thing it's at least a year away. We will get FiOS at some point but I just don't know when. I wish I knew more to tell but that is a much as I got!

Right now LTE is going to be our best option. We are in the "area" for trials late this year and early next year. LTE will give you roughly 5-10m downloads with 30-40ms latency. Much better then EVDO. Caps are the only question right now with LTE and what the limit is going to be.

 

[bfncbs1]

Hey Maryland Mark or bfncbs1

Can anyone confirm that Verizon is extending the wiring futher south down Penns Hill Rd to Stonestreet Rd. I see new markings on the side of the road where they stopped leading to our large box on Stonestree Rd. Hollybrook might now be included. Praying!!!!!!

Not to my knowledge.....but I could be wrong. I will check tomorrow at work and let you know. I will pray with you!

 

[MotoX_Dad]

Hey John - I'm right around the corner at Old Sycamore Rd

John right now more or less we are screwed by distance. Even with fiber with the technology we use we only have a 11 mile stretch to play with. That 11 miles is from the La Plata Central office. If we ever approve a 1/8 splitter then it would be possible to get FiOS.

We are testing a 1/8 splitter currently the question is if and when we will approve it. I have talked to many engineers about this and they seem to thing it's at least a year away. We will get FiOS at some point but I just don't know when. I wish I knew more to tell but that is a much as I got!

Right now LTE is going to be our best option. We are in the "area" for trials late this year and early next year. LTE will give you roughly 5-10m downloads with 30-40ms latency. Much better then EVDO. Caps are the only question right now with LTE and what the limit is going to be.

Pleased to meet you BFNCBS1. We sure are neighbors,,,and you're closer to the CO then I am. Little did I know I would be so dependent on the Internet for work 10 years ago when I moved here in Norwood. And I'm one mile off TC Rd. too. Do you see Verizon running fiber directly to the house or can they tie into the existing coax at the main road? For some reason I just can't see them running fiber to all these homes, especially since we all are so spaced out on sizable properties.

LTE huh? I just googled it...sounds like EVDO Rev B on steroids. 30-40ms latency, 5-10 mb down...Just what I need for my work. Is there just a firmware flash on my 595 aircard or will I need to buy a new one? To be honest with you, I can live without the TV...I just want the data speeds for Internet work. VOIP for my home phone too with those speeds and latency times. Maybe they would let me stay home full time instead of 50%....Nah. Nice thought though.

By the way, do you know what the price will be for unlimited access? Sounds like it won't truly be unlimited though if they are thinking of caps. How did Verizon ever get away with that *unlimited* term in their advertizing?? lol

Anyway, pleased to meet you. (Did you ever get that adtran installed at your switch? I read that in a way earlier post of yours)

John

 

[bfncbs1]

Pleased to meet you BFNCBS1. We sure are neighbors,,,and you're closer to the CO then I am. Little did I know I would be so dependent on the Internet for work 10 years ago when I moved here in Norwood. And I'm one mile off TC Rd. too. Do you see Verizon running fiber directly to the house or can they tie into the existing coax at the main road? For some reason I just can't see them running fiber to all these homes, especially since we all are so spaced out on sizable properties.

LTE huh? I just googled it...sounds like EVDO Rev B on steroids. 30-40ms latency, 5-10 mb down...Just what I need for my work. Is there just a firmware flash on my 595 aircard or will I need to buy a new one? To be honest with you, I can live without the TV...I just want the data speeds for Internet work. VOIP for my home phone too with those speeds and latency times. Maybe they would let me stay home full time instead of 50%....Nah. Nice thought though.



By the way, do you know what the price will be for unlimited access? Sounds like it won't truly be unlimited though if they are thinking of caps. How did Verizon ever get away with that *unlimited* term in their advertizing?? lol

Anyway, pleased to meet you. (Did you ever get that adtran installed at your switch? I read that in a way earlier post of yours)

John

They will run fiber directly to your house and place a ONT on the side. From that ONT they will use the existing coax at the house.

For LTE you would need a new card/modem. The existing air cards will not work with LTE since the chipsets are different.

Not sure what the Caps and pricing will be for it yet. They hope to have they announced shortly. I would hope they will be more generous with the Caps since speeds will be greatly increased over Rev.A.

By the way I spend many days in Norwood at the first house on the right! We have friends that live there.

 

[MotoX_Dad]

Lte

They will run fiber directly to your house and place a ONT on the side. From that ONT they will use the existing coax at the house.

For LTE you would need a new card/modem. The existing air cards will not work with LTE since the chipsets are different.

Not sure what the Caps and pricing will be for it yet. They hope to have they announced shortly. I would hope they will be more generous with the Caps since speeds will be greatly increased over Rev.A.

By the way I spend many days in Norwood at the first house on the right! We have friends that live there.

Please to meet you sir. I will look for you when I pass by your friends. I drive a blue chevy silverado diesel crew cab.

I have been googling LTE since you mentioned it, and WOW. Looks like that will be our saviour for true broadband speeds for us folks who have decided to live way out here in the country. Please keep me updated on that one when you hear anything new. I'm curious on how much they will charge. The deployment sounds very easy for them so I hope costs will be comparable to my current plan. I think 60 bucks is high when you think of how cheap FiOS is, or even cable/dsl for that matter. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

John

 

[Geester]

We are testing a 1/8 splitter currently the question is if and when we will approve it. I have talked to many engineers about this and they seem to thing it's at least a year away. We will get FiOS at some point but I just don't know when. I wish I knew more to tell but that is a much as I got!

That's good to know that they are at least considering the option of a 1/8 splitter to reach farther out into the country . Are 1/8 splitters super expensive, or are they some type of prototype technology?

 

[backpaddle]

update on FIOS for Penns Hill Rd

FYI,

We received the Verison automated phone call telling us FIOS was available at our home on Knollcrest Lane (off Penns Hill Rd). We placed an order, and have a hookup
date for next week. Yippee, no more dialup!

 

[zetasoul]

FYI,

We received the Verison automated phone call telling us FIOS was available at our home on Knollcrest Lane (off Penns Hill Rd). We placed an order, and have a hookup
date for next week. Yippee, no more dialup!

Thanks for the update! Was DSL available at your address before?

 

[bfncbs1]

FYI,

We received the Verison automated phone call telling us FIOS was available at our home on Knollcrest Lane (off Penns Hill Rd). We placed an order, and have a hookup
date for next week. Yippee, no more dialup!

I wish I had posted this earlier. If you wait till after this Saturday to order the promotion changes. Right now the base bundle is 10/2 internet, TV and phone for $99.99 and you get $150 cash back. On Saturday that changes to a 15/5 package for the same price and a free Compaq Netbook mini.

Also if you want to go to the next package for 119.99 you get a few more channels, data is 25/15 and you still get the mini.....Of course this is the offer starting after Saturday.

 

[latiger12]

FYI,

We received the Verison automated phone call telling us FIOS was available at our home on Knollcrest Lane (off Penns Hill Rd). We placed an order, and have a hookup
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Kewl, I am calling this weekend...cant wait.

 

[bfncbs1]

Kewl, I am calling this weekend...cant wait.

Just wait till Sunday when you call and get the free Mini Netbook or camcorder. Your choice. See link below.

http://www.dslreports.com/r0/download/1440652~dcbfec26a658faf024da38b7abf404df/promo2.jpg

 

[backpaddle]

Thanks for the update! Was DSL available at your address before?

To my knowledge there is no DSL (or cable) available for neighborhoods off
Penns Hill Rd

 

[bfncbs1]

To my knowledge there is no DSL (or cable) available for neighborhoods off
Penns Hill Rd

that is correct.

 

[SoMdDude]

I wish I had posted this earlier. If you wait till after this Saturday to order the promotion changes. Right now the base bundle is 10/2 internet, TV and phone for $99.99 and you get $150 cash back. On Saturday that changes to a 15/5 package for the same price and a free Compaq Netbook mini.

Also if you want to go to the next package for 119.99 you get a few more channels, data is 25/15 and you still get the mini.....Of course this is the offer starting after Saturday.

Well after reading that, I'm happy it hasnt been turned on in my neighborhood yet

Will these package deals also be good for 2 years like the previous promotion?

 

[bfncbs1]

Well after reading that, I'm happy it hasnt been turned on in my neighborhood yet

Will these package deals also be good for 2 years like the previous promotion?

Absolutely!!!

 

[SoMdDude]

Absolutely!!!

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$



^^^^^

Thats all of the money i will be saving for at least 2 years for dropping comcast to get FIOS when it gets turned on! heh

Im paying 200 a month on average now for just internet and TV, landline is about 40 a month (verizon) on top of that, 120 a month for 2 years will be sweet for my pockets. How many TV hookups does that include when i get it installed? 2? 3? .. unlimited? I have 3 tvs in my house (2 HD, one non HD) danke!

 

[emma1606]

Absolutely!!!

What do you guys use for internet that live in the Trinity Church / Dubois Road area? We are considering Wildblue. Thanks!

 

[MotoX_Dad]

What do you guys use for internet that live in the Trinity Church / Dubois Road area? We are considering Wildblue. Thanks!

I'm right up from there in Norwood and use Verizon Wireless Broadband. I get around 500Kb-1mb download and 200-400K upload. It all depends on whether you get a good signal with a Verizon tower where you are. If so, you should be okay. The only problem is the latency delay. It depends on what you will use it for. Mine's primarily used for work and connecting through a VPN for web server work. It works good for that. Netmeeting is slow and there are considerable delays at times. But, it's all we have down here so I can't complain. Besides, it allows me to work from home three days a week which is sweet. Helps me overlook the extra cost (60 bucks a month).

I can't speak up on satellite. It would be nice to do a comparison tho...the cost is about the same. I would think the weather would have a big factor on your connection, which may be a bad thing. I never have a problem. I think one day of outage in the past 4-5 years.

John

 

[emma1606]

I'm right up from there in Norwood and use Verizon Wireless Broadband. I get around 500Kb-1mb download and 200-400K upload. It all depends on whether you get a good signal with a Verizon tower where you are. If so, you should be okay. The only problem is the latency delay. It depends on what you will use it for. Mine's primarily used for work and connecting through a VPN for web server work. It works good for that. Netmeeting is slow and there are considerable delays at times. But, it's all we have down here so I can't complain. Besides, it allows me to work from home three days a week which is sweet. Helps me overlook the extra cost (60 bucks a month).

I can't speak up on satellite. It would be nice to do a comparison tho...the cost is about the same. I would think the weather would have a big factor on your connection, which may be a bad thing. I never have a problem. I think one day of outage in the past 4-5 years.

John

Thanks. Unfortunately we can't get a Verizon signal, I actually just returned the wireless card last Friday because it was worse than dial-up. We have had Wildblue before for a couple of years, wasn't bad but nowhere near as fast as broadband. I just didn't want to sign up for another two year contract if there was a better alternative for us. (We also tried Sprint wireless card and couldn't get that either!!!)

 

[PensFan]

Fios off Penns Hill Rd

Ok so my question is about the fios off Penns Hill. I live off of Amy Drive and I have gone to the fios website and seen when it is available and when I check to see if the internet is available in my area it says it is not. But when I check the fios tv and phone, it says these services are available. So I don't understand why they would deprive this area of what they really need, internet, and only offer the other services. Am I just not getting the correct information? Is internet available or is it not?

Thanks.