FTTP

[jugstah]

LT. Dan, are you experiencing the occasional drop of internet connectivity every day or so? I mean, the router reboots itself almost every day.. the one they give you as part of your service. the VDI-624?

Originally Posted by LT. DAN 2

I had Fios installed last month and it's Great... I like the idea of my phone ringing while I'm on the Puter. I'll go for the T.V. hook-up when/if it becomes available as i currently have a Dish on the roof along with 2 antennas and have been lucky thus far with dodging Hurricanes and high winds.

LT

[LT. DAN 2]

Originally Posted by jugstah

LT. Dan, are you experiencing the occasional drop of internet connectivity every day or so? I mean, the router reboots itself almost every day.. the one they give you as part of your service. the VDI-624?

Jugstah,
I haven't had any problems whatsoever..I was there during the installation and kinda looked over their shoulders and was very pleased with the way they hooked everything up. DI-624 works fine.
LT

[jugstah]

I fixed the problem with my router. Apparently, I did some research and found that sometimes their firmware isn't embedded well, thus why my router was probably constantly rebooting.

I did a hard reset, and reflashed the router. Since then, I've not had any problems with it.

It wasn't Verizon's network at all that was giving me problems.

[JohnR]

Are you forced to use their router? What kind of premise wiring is done in the house / converted from fiber to Cat5? How is it converted?

Thanks...

John

[jugstah]

It's almost all CAT5 from the basement to wherever you want the RJ-5 jack placed, usually right near where your computers are. And no, you are not forced to use their router. However, they give you a free relabeled DI-624, labeled as VDI-624 and optimized for fiber connectivity, I guess.

They will need access to your basement to put a battery pack near a power source because if power goes out, your phone will only work for up to 8 hours. But if you're smart, you can replace the 12v battery with a 500hour battery or put it on UPS. :-)

And your phone lines will work just fine as is. They don't replace these wiring. Just that the fiber needs power in the basement.

[Aragorn]

Any word on when it will be available in southeast MA ?

[TheSpecialist]

John they are pushing the wireless router. The fiber terminates into an Optcal Network Terminal,this is where it is converted from an optical signal to elctronic. There is and RJ 45 in the ONT, and they run a CAT 5E to another RJ near the router. From the router they will hardwire, but they are supposed to charge after the first computer. Many of the guys have not been charging as they have not been given pricing, or training on the new laptops for the billing part. Also supposedly you need to use the supplied router if you get the video, it has something to do with "On demand". I don't see it though. John there are some customers using the higher end routers like Ciscos, etc. You can use your own.

They are presently working on many towns in SE Mass. The projected completion date for the whole project was 10 years. That was from 1 year ago, and it did get off to a slow start, but who knows..