[wplug] Verizon FIOS experience with Linux?

[David Tessitor]

Brian A. Seklecki wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-06-28 at 11:59 -0400, Eric Cooper wrote:
>   
>> In its default setup, the ActionTec router has WiFi enabled, acts as a
>> DHCP client over the WAN, and provides DHCP service and NAT routing to
>> the LAN side. 
>>     
>
> Bah.  Verizon.
>   
When I checked with Verizon FIOS support because I couldn't get the 
password to work to get into the router to reconfigure it, I was told 
that any router would work and it wasn't even needed.  It's a non-WiFi 
router and support was surprised because they stopped giving those out a 
long time ago (service was switched to FIOS as soon as it became 
available).  The FIOS Internet service seems OK, except their mailserver 
seems to be blocked from some places and has problems delivering email 
in a timely fashion (can take days in some cases or not at all in 
others), but I use my own hosted servers for nearly everything so that 
isn't a problem.

My big problem has been with the phones being switched over to fiber 
from copper.  Now I have a big ordeal trying to get back to copper so 
alternative phone service can become an option.  Verizon FIOS has their 
business practices all messed up and can't sort out their phone billing 
-- they've overcharged; haven't been able to make requested changes in 
phone service being provided; promised at one point to knock $20 off the 
bill for a couple years or more but never did.

I would advise everybody to insist upon staying with the copper for 
phones.  Verizon is not obligated to provide access for other providers 
over fiber, only over copper.  Their goal is to get people off copper 
then pull it from the poles and remove all but wireless and coax cable 
as competition.  That isn't opensource or at lease it isn't open access.

David Tessitor