[wplug] Verizon FIOS experience with Linux?

[Chris Teodorski]

On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Eric Cooper <ecc at cmu.edu> wrote:

> FIOS is now available in my neighborhood, and I'm wondering if anyone
> here has it and can answer more questions than Verizon's web site does.
>
> Verizon says they provide a broadband router to connect to the optical
> network terminal.  Can anyone tell me what they're using?  Does it
> provide DHCP and NAT, or do you talk to it with PPPOE, or what?
>
> Was it possible to get connected without having a Windows PC or Mac to
> make the technician happy?
>
> Elsewhere Verizon says they provide a wireless router for a home
> network.  Is this a different box or is it the same one that connects
> to the ONT?
>
> I'm also curious about any general experience with the service, and
> which service level you've used.  (They're currently offering 5M
> down/2M up, 15/2, 15/15, and 30/15.)
>
> --
> Eric Cooper             e c c @ c m u . e d u
> _________________________________________




I've had a great experience with my FIOS, I've had the 15/2 for just under 2
years now.  I don't recall having a single outage.  My connection is also
DHCP, not PPoE.  It's always there and blazing fast.
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