FIOS availability
Double the speed and half the ping of cable, hell yeah.
But the system for checking availability sucks. It's designed around the premise that somebody moves into a particular apartment FIRST, and then settles for whatever internet is available there, rather than pre-screening apartments about their internet availability before signing a lease. Consequently they make it a pain to check the status of many different addresses. There should be a map. Or they shoud at least put the address input all in one box so I can just copy/paste instead of splitting it up into 5 boxes. The availability is pretty rare so I have to cast a pretty wide net -- I've already checked like 20 places. But I know some parts of LA have FIOS availability.
There is a map, but it's not from verizon. It's from users of dslreports.com, and fairly low-resolution due to the sparseness of the reports: http://www.dslreports.com/gmaps/fios
Why wouldn't verizon just expose to the public whatever internal map they're using to answer yes or no to queries about individual addresses?
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jwrayConsidering how much it adds to the property value it would be idiotic to construct any new MDU without wiring for fiber or gigabit ethernet. One 150/35 fiber connection to the building shared between a dozen units via gigabit ethernet would be way faster than DSL or cable, and cheaper per person. (<$20/month)
So maybe I'll investigate recently-built buildings first.
jwrayAll those ads that say "high speed internet available" without giving any specifics are annoying. They could convey more in fewer characters by saying "Cable/DSL available" or "FIOS available". Some of them call <1M DSL "high speed internet" -- 1997 called and they want their outdated definitions back.
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