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	20/20mbs Symmetrical FiOS Demo Posted by John 'CZ' Czwartacki in Broadband on October 26, 2007, 04:29 PM EST Add to: Del.icio.us \| Digg \| Reddit

This week Verizon rolled out 20mbs/20mbs symmetrical broadband offering to quite a bit of buzz. I wont’ try to add too much to the kind of posts linked there, except to share the video that demonstrated what that kind of upload speed means for users. Enjoy! (This upload speed makes even Rich jealous. He may have 100mbs in is home downstream, he has “only” 10mbs up.)

8 Comments

8 Comments


California is a state that has granted a statewide video franchise to Verizon and AT&T...Sadly, I live in an AT&T serviced area...can Verizon PLEASE start building FIOS outside of their footprint and bring some competition to AT&T???? PRETTY PLEASE????? PRETTY PLEASE WITH A CHERRY ON TOP????????
Posted by: Pete on October 29, 2007, 05:59 PM EST \| Comment Permalink

Why is it that NY/NJ/CT are the only states to receive 20/20 service? We don't even have the ability to pick up 20/5 service here in Pennsylvania. We have plenty of competition here in the form of Comcast's "Blast!"+PowerBoost package at a comparable price to FiOS. Why am I paying the same price per month for 15/2 service while customers in NY are able to receive 20/5 for the same amount? It makes no sense why Verizon continues to up the speeds in one particular area while leaving the other areas to rot.
Posted by: Andrew on October 31, 2007, 09:39 AM EST \| Comment Permalink

Because Cablevision offers 15/2 here(NYC) as their standard internet speed, and 30+/5 as their premium speed with port 80 & 25 openable. I say 30+ because the only limit is the network. Its a lot easier to offer faster speeds in NYC since it is the United States Internet hub and Internet connection to the world.
Posted by: Jacob Martin on November 02, 2007, 02:27 AM EST \| Comment Permalink

So its nice that they are offering this 20/20 service. I know they have the 50/20 service now too. What I don't understand is why I can't upgrade from the 50/5 plan to the 50/20 plan if the two have the same price! Someone to enlighten me?
Posted by: Ran on November 23, 2007, 07:26 PM EST \| Comment Permalink

When will the 20/20 service reach your Maryland customers and do you realize how poor it makes you look to boast about a feature that you cannot deliver nationwide?
Posted by: Dale Nyack on November 24, 2007, 01:50 AM EST \| Comment Permalink

Dale, symmetrical broadband is now available to all FiOS customers. If you can get FiOS, you can get either 20/20 or 15/15mbps. This post was up before it was widely available but only by a few days. I'll add an update
Posted by: John 'CZ' Czwartacki on November 26, 2007, 02:06 PM EST \| Comment Permalink

Ran, You can get upgraded, and depending on your state, the pice MAY have even gone down. Call 1-888-GET-FiOS (1-888-438-3467) to get it done.
Posted by: John 'CZ' Czwartacki on November 28, 2007, 08:14 AM EST \| Comment Permalink

Now only if the static plan customers can get the upgrades and at a reasonable cost... customer service says only applies to residential accounts.
Posted by: William on November 28, 2007, 06:51 PM EST \| Comment Permalink

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