Thanks guys, the main question I was asking (Do Quantum FIOS mbps == Regular FIos mbps) has been answered (yes.) This is what I thought, but the way the salesperson cautioned me that the service I was getting would not be Quantum FIOS gave me pause. Glad to hear I was right and it was just marketing.
On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 12:12 PM, Ed Nisley <ed.nis...@pobox.com> wrote: > can flip the ethernet port on from their side without a visit >> > > We had an ONT on the outside wall, left over from when VZ switched us from > copper to fiber phone service. No extra charge, because a few weeks later a > contract crew stripmined the capper cables along the road. > > Then we cut the VZ cord to go with Ooma VOIP phone through Optimum Online > (aka Cablevision), VZ turned off the ONT, and things worked fine until I > bit on the VZ FiOS teaser. > > I did a "Customer Install", plugged in my router, they flipped the bit, > the Link LED went on, and stayed on for the better part of 10 minutes. I > did all the debugging you'd expect, spent /forever/ chatting with their > automated troubleshooter, and eventually got a live human to threaten me > with a service charge if the hole wasn't in their end of the boat. > > Turned out the ONT's Ethernet port died after 10 minutes of use. Tech > replaced the entire ONT, Link LED came on, life was good. > > A few weeks later, the whole ONT went dark, as in the Power LED was off. > Rinse-and-repeat with the automated troubleshooter, get to a human, they > can't raise the ONT from their end, the human repeats the service charge > threat. > > Turned out the first installer cut the power wires a bit too short, didn't > push down the terminal block latches quite hard enough, and the wires > worked themselves out of the block. Tech (a different one) redid the > wiring, all the LEDs came on, life was good. > > Moral: the "no visit" option may not be as smooth as you'd like. > > AFAICT, however, that's the only way to get an Ethernet-only setup with > your router. If they show up to do the install, you /will/ be renting their > modem & router for the rest of your natural life. > > [sigh] > > -- > Ed > softsolder.com > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > https://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College * > Dec 2 - File Systems From Simple To Distributed High Performance > Jan 6 - Why We Can'T Have The Internet Of Nice Things: A Home Automation > Primer > Mar 2 - Consuming The Cloud: Shoot Out >
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