Thinking of switching from Comcast to FIOS
I know you've seen these messages before, but I've followed here a while, and could use a little "fine-tuning" on my understanding... ...I have Comcast internet 25/5, and am thinking of "jumping-ship"...
View ArticleMessage waiting indicator stuck on
I have Freedom Essentials. My Message waiting indicator is stuck on. I tried the Verizon suggested solution of calling my number, leaving a message, accessing voice mail, deleting message. The message...
View ArticleYouTube Problems
On my 100/100 internet connection HD videos will keep stuttering, and cannot play through the video with out waiting a few minutes of buffering. This happens across multiple devices, and only on my...
View ArticleQuantum router. Laptop wireless Win 10 to wired XB1 can't connect
I can't connect my laptop which is wireless to my wired xboxone via the xbox app on Win 10. When my laptop was wired it worked fine. Someone told me that some routers don't pass multicast traffic from...
View ArticleReturning Router
I've had resolving host 3 or 4 times in the last 3 weeks. My light on the router turns Amber and stays on.. I've rebooted everything numerous times, reset router to factory settings. Each time I had to...
View ArticleDoes Verizon throttle??
I have FIOS and was just wondering if they throttle at all. I have 25/25 and everyone and then I notice my speed is really slow, sometimes only 5.
View ArticleVerizon Rewards program transfer to Frontier?
Does anyone know if the remaining Rewards points we may have at the time of transfer to Frontier will transfer over. Or will they be lost? I have been trying to use them up and am close, but I may have...
View ArticleGetting FiOS at my new home?
I'm moving back to South Jersey after a few years in Philly and the new house appears to be in a neighborhood unserved by FiOS. Their only option is 3mb service. Comcast seems the only "choice" and...
View ArticleRenew now or wait for Frontier?
I renewed by bundle in Nov 2015 for a pretty good price and now have the choice of selecting a new 2 year agreement on Verizon for the same price or wait for Frontier in about a week. Renewing with...
View ArticleCan we be released from contract?
Don't know if this was asked before, but because of the switch to Frontier, can this be an out? On a side note, we should have been giving a free speed upgrade or some kind of perk for sticking with them.
View ArticleFrontier routing
Uh oh, I guess it's bye bye to the Verizon backbone: 2. L300.DLLSTX-VFTTP-73.verizon-gni.net 0.0% 194 0.7 2.2 0.5 42.6 5.0 3. 172.102.52.40 0.0% 194 5.2 4.9 2.7 9.1 1.2 4. 74.40.3.17 18.6% 194 3.0 3.1...
View Article[Networking] Fios symmetrical
I read this a few years ago http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/verizon-makes-all-its-fios-broadband-tiers-symmetrical-upgrades-new-existin/2014-07-21 and as a fios user I love it. But does anyone know...
View ArticleVerizon's CA, FL, and TX Customer Can Setup a New Frontier ID Now
FYI. You can set up a new Frontier online ID on their web site if you are a Verizon customer in CA, FL, and TX going to Frontier next week. I just set up my ID for Frontier. You need to use the same...
View ArticleFios Availability in Reading PA
I just chatted a rep and they stated that Fios was not available for my address. Is there any ETA for when it will be available or any info in it?
View Article[Business] Lame billing migration from Verizon to Frontier
I just received a snail-mail letter ifrom Frontier, inviting me to create an ID on their website and link my soon-to-be-ex-Verizon account to it. After going through the linkage, the first thing I'm...
View ArticleAnyone else noticing their FIOS throttling during evening hours?
I live in the Dallas area. Noticed over the past three days that from 7p-12 Midnight, my FIOS speed (supposed to be 75/75) drops to 4/75. My download speeds have dropped and a technician replaced the...
View Article[ONT] ONT small enough to go in drop ceiling?
I'm looking into FIOS, but want the ONT inside for reliability, in a finished basement. Are the ONTs small enough these days that I could mount the ONT in a drop ceiling, between the floor joists 16"...
View Article[ONT] Common for outside ONTs to fail?
How common is it for outside ONTs to fail? In my area, I range from 10 degrees f in winter to 100 degrees f in summer, at the extremes. Will try for inside install, but per my ONT-in ceiling-post, my...
View ArticleIf fiber cable is cut, who pays?
In a routine residential FIOS installation, where the fiber is dug about 6 inches down in the yard, what happens if the fiber line is cut? Rather, who pays? I'm very careful, but with prospect of...
View ArticleEmail west of Philly
The authorization error is back :uhh:. West of philly for the last few hours.
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