[Hidden-tech] Verizon FIOS

[Mark D. Hamill]

Last I checked the City of Northampton (like most in the area) has a
contract with Comcast. I think this makes it the only legally allowed ISP
in the city. (If so they are doing a poor job of bargaining, considering
what Comcast charges.)

We should petition members of our city and town boards to open high speed
internet competition.

Verizon FiOS is great if you can get it, but they serve very limited
markets and don't seem interested in expanding into new territories.

On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 11:31 AM, Alex Kalish <alexkalish at gmail.com> wrote:

> Rats, I was wrong.  Service isn't available.  Their site is confusing.
>
> On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 11:09 AM, Alex Kalish <alexkalish at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Sweet!!  I live in Florence on Pine St, near downtown and I think that
>> the Verizon site is saying that it's available.  I had Fios in the Boston
>> area before moving back to the valley and it was great.  I'm definitely
>> going to investigate switching.  I've not had great reliability with
>> Comcast.
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 10:23 AM, Mark D. Hamill <markdhamill at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> This is excellent news! It was supposed available two years ago when we
>>> moved in but it was not when we inquired. I suspect it is still
>>> theoretically available most places in that they have to do some cable
>>> stringing to local communities to make it available.
>>>
>>> We had FiOS in Northern Virginia and were very satisfied. In addition
>>> the competition kept costs reasonable. We pay about $75 in Northampton for
>>> service we paid about $50 in Northern Virginia, as they had competition
>>> with Cox Communications. In addition, the speed was excellent.
>>>
>>> I will investigate whether this is actually viable here at Bear Hill in
>>> Florence.
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 9:55 AM, Christine Dutton <cgdutton7 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello Hidden Tech Folks,
>>>> I live in Northampton and Verizon FIOS is now available as an
>>>> alternative to Comcast internet. If you have signed up w/ Verizon FIOS,
>>>> would you please share your experiences so far including connectivity and
>>>> speed. Also, please share if you are using any other alternative in
>>>> Northampton.
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> Christine
>>>>
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