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What kind of modem do I need? The site above said "$10/mo. router fee." Can I buy the router? If so, can I get it cheap/used from Ebay, and if so, which ones can I buy?
They could have that provision if they were trying to charge you $10/month with no option to purchase. I have Fios, but I don't think I'm charged anything for the router. I didn't think I was anyway.
They could have that provision if they were trying to charge you $10/month with no option to purchase. I have Fios, but I don't think I'm charged anything for the router. I didn't think I was anyway.
I pay for 50/50 and have speeds around 80/80.
How much do you pay per month for it? Did you get the above deal?
How much do you pay per month for it? Did you get the above deal?
What above deal? Paying for 50/50 and getting 80/80? I have no idea why my speeds are so high, but I'll take it. If you were talking about your link, that just brings to a default page to input my information.
Is this FiOS (the link just takes me to a product availability check page)? If you don't have FiOS TV, then any router should work. It gets a bit more tricky if you have both TV and Internet (but still do-able).
There is no provision to use their equipment (at least there isn't one in my contract).
I've had Comcast in the past. I think Verizon's customer support is easier to work with. In the end though, I see it as a commodity. I've had outages with both. I do believe FiOS is rated a bit above Comcast (likely due to their CS efforts).
Theoretically, FiOS is a full fiber service, and therefore is often seen as technically "superior". But from a consumer standpoint, there aren't any discernible differences for most. In the end, if I was to start over, I'd pay more attention to pricing. Depending on location, you can try to pit your providers against each other to get better pricing.
If you are wired in to the modem you'll get the quoted speed. If you go wifi expect extremely less like 20/10.
WiFi is closer to 30/30 with the actiontec router. (For me anyway)
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