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For those of you who live in New Jersey, Verizon has been and will continue to wire various neighborhoods with Fiber Optic wire. Their goal and gamble is to wire the entire state. What does this mean to the NJ residents and hopefully others in Verizon's territory....

FAST and consistent internet speed! Cable is a restricted pipe for data transfer. The more people on cable the slower the data transfer. With Fiber Optic wire straight to the house, one can achieve fast data transfer rates no matter how many people are using the system.

NJ legislature has granted Verizon to offer cable TV over these wires to compete with cable companies. I am sure these rates will be very competitive for the himeowners.

I signed up for a 15Mps DL/5Mps UL rates for $45/month. Tests show that I actually have 20Mps and 4Mps. I am not going to quibble over a slower UL rate since I download WAY more than I upload. However, I have learned a couple of things now that I have this faster speed....

1. DL speed is dependent upon how fast the server speed is. For example: Downloading from Ultrashare is still the same rate before and after ISP change but others like Rapidshare and Scambia have been quicker (600kbs and 1.3Mbs respectively).

2. You need a HUGE HD and fast processor to handle all of the downloads that can happen at once! NO IT IS NOT ALL PORN! Get your mind out of the gutter!

3. If you have DirecTV and have seen the commercials for Direcway satelite internet, DON'T GET IT! The satelite is WAAAAAAY oversold and the equipment is very expensive. It would work if you are in a very rural area with no cable access.

Just $45/month?



That's what is so terrible about cable in the majority areas of this country - they are basically monopolies. A measure is trying to get passed here (CA) that would allow for the same service that is happening where you live and I hope that it passes. I can't get DSL where I live (well I can but my phone company won't allow it) and so cable is my only option. The biggest problem with that is the fact that there is only one Cable Company here - so they charge whatever they wish. Honestly, I enjoy fast download speeds, but would switch to DSL because of the price ($12.99 here for 1.5Mbps up & just $27.99 for the same upload speed that I'm currently paying over $50 per month for). My main concern with dial-up was tying up a phone line and getting disconnected frequently, so 1.5 upload speed would be fine with me at this point. To get four months of service for the price that I am currently paying for one would be nice.

We'll see.

(Thanks for the review)

I also forgot to add that my phone service was switched to FIOS without any internal re-wiring. So I get internet and phone on the same line for the same price.

You could get a lower price plan for a lesser Mbs. At this point in time I would recomend it since site server speeds are not that great at this moment.

I'm with verizon and have dsl. I don't know what is up with them, but even now after having it for 2 years of so when I go to check if I can get dsl, they say its not in my area.

My house is kind of new and as far as I know it has the Fiber Optic inside. The plan I got I pay all at one time and it comes out to the mid $20s per month. The fiber which will give 5 MBs would go up to the same price of about $34 per month I use to pay

For those on dail up, you should look around. In many cases, dsl is cheaper then dail-up

Off the top of my head I can't think of the web site that talks about dsl. I will look it up later today and try to find it & post it.

It all comes down to that you have to look around and is it worth a few $s more a month or not. For me, it's well worth it. I'm very well off, and to me, I give up a few beers a month

I'll try to get that web site up sometime today or tonight that you can see what is going on. I just have to go back and look up web sites and find it

Rocky is rich.

This is not the same name it use to be, but looks like the same site.

Good luck

http://www.broadbandreports.com/