I've had TW/Adelphia cable internet and TV for a few years now. Once Time Warner's service kicked in I've had much faster internet, but it's not totally reliable. My cable breaks down every month or two. I was talking to Time Warner and the guy told me they're creating a new service that makes the Roadrunner extreme faster to compete with FIOS. I think he said 10 up 10 down. I'm paying 54.95 a month for my current speed, which is around 9900 down 950 up according to speakeasy. The Verizon FIOS 15x2 is $49.99 and the 15x15 is $64.99 (both have first month free, next six for $39.99 and $54.99.) It looks like that for around the same price I can get much higher speeds. This all seems great, but what's the catch? It looks too good to be true. Is installation free? Is there a huge contract? How reliable is it? Also, I download a lot and Time Warner never throttles me, does Verizon throttle? And do they block Bittorrent like Comcast?
2007-11-21
11:20:24
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Whammo
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