[Hidden-tech] Verizon FIOS

[Ronald Blechner]

How is Northampton so progressive about so much, but not broadband? We're a
college town - why shouldn't we have fiber?

On Oct 27, 2017 3:10 PM, "EJ Lafleur" <ejlafleur at comcast.net> wrote:

> To my knowledge there is nothing prohibiting an over build to occur in
> Northampton, especially if it’s Verizon since they do offer DSL, thus an
> alternative ISP provider to Comcast
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 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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