On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 03:27:21 +0000, "Amadeus W.M." <amadeus84@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I have had FIOS for two years now in MD and I can tell it's outstanding. > Nothing can beat that (business class T3 and such is faster, but costs > way more). I never had a single network problem. The speed is fantastic. > I could have gotten tv speeds too (30M download, IIRC), but I don't watch > much tv, so I got the cheapest plan. For $35/mo I get 5M download 2M > upload (yes, that's right, 2M upload!). Compare that with some 4-5M > download and a whopping 30k upload for $60/mo with Comcast or the like. > Right after I installed it I wanted to upgrade to the next better plan > ($40/mo for 15/2 M). I never bothered though. > The speed is very good, the price is too and the network is super stable. > What more can I ask for? The freedom to use it. > One thing Verizon does though is block the incoming http traffic, which > means you can't run an http server on your machine and have people read > your blog, say. First I thought they only block ports 80 and/or 8080, so > I tried running httpd on a different, obscure port. No go. They ain't > stooped. They block the http packets regardless of the destination port. > The only way to beat that is through an ssh tunnel. I can't see how the service is outstanding when they are blocking ports. Is that something you have to pay extra to have them stop, or can you tell them you know what you are doing and don't need to be protected from having your machines added to a botnet?
