Robin,
I have FIOS. The only problem I had is when the guy grading
the lane to put down ashphalt snagged the FIOS cable.
Verizon was supposed to come out within the day, but
somehow the order-taker screwed up the order and it went to
the wrong dept. The next day I called and they realized
the mistake and really turned to getting it going. The
poor chaps completed installing a new cable stayed on well
into the evening until they got it going.
The router they supply has 4 ethernet jacks and the wireless
puts out a signal that is around 12 db stronger than the
Linksys router I was using. Much better converage to some
rooms in the house.
The DVR started crashing/rebooting after two days and they
brought a new one without any fuss. Overall, the elephant
seemed to be trying to dance.
I've had no problems with linux, though they offer
absolutely zero assistance with anything but MS.
Don
On Saturday 14 February 2009 09:00:49 pm Robin 'Roblimo'
Miller wrote:
> Does anyone have FiOS? If so, any problems with their
> wireless and Linux? And does their wireless router have
> Cat-5 ports for at least two computers, or do I need to
> add my own router/switch?
>
> We just moved and got Brighthouse, but the HD cable
> box/PVR is screwed up and they say they can't get our
> phone switched over for another week, at least, after
> promising "2 to 3 days" in the sales process.
>
> BTW, this is the second PVR - the one the installer put
> in first, no sound. My wife grabbed him on the way out
> and got an exchange, which had sound -- but soon started
> cutting in and out every 30 seconds or so; sort of like
> hitting "pause" all the time. Reboots and three calls to
> customer service (one of which left me forgotten on hold
> for over 20 minutes) did not help. It's either wait for a
> tech Tuesday or take the box in for exchange Monday.
>
> I'm trying to decide whether to give Brighthouse a chance
> or just give up and sign that one-year contract with FiOS
> -- which, with the Set-top HD PVR box and all, comes to
> more like $140 than the advertised $99, so the two
> services are about the same price, total.
>
> ??
>
> - Robin
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