Fiber Optic Internet

PJ · Post by PJ » Wed Oct 27, 2004 6:30 pm

hey guys, anyone heard about this fiber optic internet thing that verizons talking about. Its avilable in texas (ultra and ace) and cali suppose to be super fast! anyway i dont know much about I'm surfing the site right now trying to find information about it, but i cant find anthing. If you guys know anything about it, post it.

My Bro told me thatmost internet compaines have there infostructure made out of fiber optic wire....than why dose this make it so special?

BadAsh · Post by **BadAsh** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 6:40 pm

it's basically just a bigger pipe to push data through....not too mention FAR more expensive than consumer broadband atm.

PJ · Post by PJ » Wed Oct 27, 2004 6:54 pm

i heard 50$, and its like SUPA FAST!

XoR · Post by **XoR** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 6:56 pm

FTTP (fiber to the premises) has been in talks for a while now. The main advantage is upload bandwidth (unless there's restrictions) so people can begin hosting faster than T1 speeds. Download speeds exceed 10 mbs in testing, so that will be nice. (not that many hosts will allow you to achieve that)

PJ wrote : My Bro told me thatmost internet compaines have there infostructure made out of fiber optic wire....than why dose this make it so special?

Do you have fiber optic internet in your house? No, and that's why it's special. ISP's have to have fiber(OC-3 or above) because they have customers to service.

If I can get high speed uplink (>T1) without restriction, for under 100 bones I will be happy. I can start up some game servers finally.

Bottom line is fiber to the house is without a doubt the future. Soon all telephony/video/TV/internet etc... will all be coming in through a small orange cable. (or another color if you like).

PJ · Post by PJ » Wed Oct 27, 2004 7:06 pm

YARS!....but dose that mean that like lets say "verizon" will host all of those like telephony/video/tv/internet all in one so its like 1 mounthly bill or will it be the same?

Post by **Archangelus** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 7:13 pm

Verizon's charges for FTTP:

$39.95 = 5M down / 2M up
$49.95 = 15M down / 2M up
$199.95 = 30M down (I think) / 15M up ( I am sure of that number)

-Arch

XoR · Post by **XoR** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 7:14 pm

Let's hope that will be your choice.

But the government has unearthed the cursed and wieldy AntiTrust Hammer -2, and will try and smite thee if monopolies whack-a-mole up.

XoR · Post by **XoR** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 7:18 pm

15 up for $200 ?

Um, "Where do I sign?" *hopes for MN or SD within the next year*

Are there any restrictions that you know of?

PJ · Post by PJ » Wed Oct 27, 2004 7:27 pm

xor....only avilable for cali and texas....and thats like 2 towns cali....and texas...

Post by **Archangelus** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 7:46 pm

Yep, what PJ said....Verizon has stated though that their goal is FTTP everywhere by the end of '05....

XoR · Post by **XoR** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 7:56 pm

Yeah, MN as in Minnesota and SD as in South Dakota in my post

Can't wait for that!

Post by **I.D.O.** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 8:22 pm

Here is a snip from a email link I recieved about 4 or 5 days ago...

Verizon is pushing fiber-optic networking even further along the last mile with the announcement that it will be deploying its fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network in six more states on the East Coast.

Customers in parts of Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania will join others already announced in California, Florida and Texas. Business and residential customers on the FTTP network will be able to subscribe to Verizon's FiOS broadband Internet access service for downstream connection speeds of up to 30 Mbits/s, roughly equivalent to a DS3 link, at rates starting as low as $34.95 per month. Verizon offers the services available as part of its DSL products over the FiOS platform without extra charge, and plans to add video services next year.

The first East Coast deployment of the FTTP network will be in the Washington suburb of Arlington, Va. Verizon selected the city based on the concentration of high-tech businesses, defense contractors and the presence of an affluent, educated residential market near Washington. Verizon said it will have completed the deployment in Arlington by the end of 2005.

Business and residential customers in the rest of the country might have to wait a little longer for fiber to make it to their doorsteps, but according to Paul Lacouture, president of Verizon's Network Services group, the wait will be worth it. "Verizon is building a broadband future for America. And today we're one big step closer," he said in a statement. "The future will ride on the bandwidth of fiber optics. No one is making that future more real than Verizon."

To make this happen, the company expects to have invested $800 million in FTTP by the end of this year, and plans to hire 3,000 to 5,000 new employees to build the network by the end of 2005.

Ultra · Post by **Ultra** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 9:55 pm

i gotta figure out which towns in TX... hope austin is one of them

Post by **Archangelus** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:03 pm

Go here and enter your phone number, Ultra....

http://www22.verizon.com/FiosForHome/ch ... =&variant=

Ultra · Post by **Ultra** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:19 pm

bummer.. not available yet