Verizon's FiOS-Optimized 802.11N Router Soon

[exfileme]

Verizon will offer a router for its fiber-optic broadband service that supports the latest Wi-Fi standard.

Verizon's FiOS-Optimized 802.11N Router Soon : Read more

 

[scook9]

About god dam time....the actiontec is a POS

These (gigabit ethernet and wireless n) should have both been in the original model...

 

[Shadow703793]

Which router brand do you prefer?

Fore wired CAT5 at home, I use a Cisco.

Fore WiFi, I use a ASUS. I don't use WiFi, the only reason for this being at my house is cause my sister wanted to go online with here DS Lite.

 

[Shadow703793]

Just curious, can any one with FiOS post their Speedtest.net results? I'm interested in seeing if Verizon,et al actually delivers all of this bandwidth.

 

[mr_chen]

Linksys WRT160NL or ASUS WL-520gU, both routers are supported by dd-wrt. dd-wrt is a much better firmware than what comes by default with routers. I do prefer 3rd party firmware for router (either dd-wrt, tomato, openwrt).

ASUS WL-520gU is very interesting because it's very cheap and you can configure as a wireless printer server for usb printer.

 

[geofry]

I've gotten my rated bandwidth and then some at times (25mbs/10mbps) The worse problem I've had was that the guys using the pizza slicer (looks like a giant pizza cutting wheel) cut my fiber line in half putting in the run for my next door neighbor.



http/www.speedtest.net/result/784790617.png

 

[cknobman]

I have the FIOS lowest tier offering which is claimed to be 15 down 5 up. I just did a speedtest.net test. My results were 15.33 up and 5.4 down.

So shadow in my experience yes verizon does deliver the bandwidth claimed.

 

[Guest]

This is for a 25 down 15 up plan.

 

[xsupercat8000]

http/www.speedtest.net/result/784366418.png

25/25 plan using my own router + their actiontec

 

[JOSHSKORN]

[citation][nom]shadow703793[/nom]Just curious, can any one with FiOS post their Speedtest.net results? I'm interested in seeing if Verizon,et al actually delivers all of this bandwidth.[/citation]
This is for th 25/20 plan: http/www.speedtest.net/result/784834509.png

 

[RySean]

Apple Airport Extreme. For sure. Also, I really wish I had FIOS in my area... I have ATT Uverse's fastest offering (18 mpbs). But sometimes it's not enough, lol.

 

[intelliclint]

I use an old Compaq Prolient server running Clark Connect for a router. Offering fully proxy with content filtering and antivirus, OpenVPN, Intrustion detection, Fileshares, UPnP meida server, and anything else I want to run on it. It has a gigabit ethernet card plus the the on board fast ethernet which hooks to my u-verse residental gateway is set to full DMZ to it. I can't wait for FiOS cause I'm only getting 18Mbs by 1.5Mbs and the latancy is higher then my old cable modem.

I have a Linksys router but only use it for a bridge form wired to wireless, because it is more cost effetive then just an access point.

 

[darkknight22]

I have FIOS here in Tampa 25/25 and it's been the best thing since sliced bread. I'm able to get as rated speeds 24/7.

I don't really care about the N because I don't have any N devices, but it's still nice to see them progressing anyway.

 

[Shadow703793]

[citation][nom]JOSHSKORN[/nom]This is for th 25/20 plan: http/www.speedtest.net/result/784834509.png[/citation]
Thank you. Good to know you are getting most out of it.[citation][nom]darkknight22[/nom]I have FIOS here in Tampa 25/25 and it's been the best thing since sliced bread. I'm able to get as rated speeds 24/7.I don't really care about the N because I don't have any N devices, but it's still nice to see them progressing anyway.[/citation]
Thank you too.

 

[Guest]

FIOS does the job. I'm on the 35/35 plan. No complaints whatsoever.
http/www.speedtest.net/result/784921851.png

 

[sixbone]

35/35 here http/www.speedtest.net/result/784970602.png

 

[anamaniac]

Well, I get an average of 16/1. I'm on copper with Shaw (Canadian). Though I am paying $50/month for it.
I've gotten 25mb/s before, but that's because my ISP was upgrading the equipment in the area and forgot to cap me. =D
Though my ISP doesn't offer any plan with any realistic upload speeds (however, they are torrent friendly, and even have recommend utorrent settings on their site, granted recommending you don't seed at all).

I had to pay $150 to get a dual band N gigabit router though. I want one supplied for me. =(
The signal on my Dlink DIR-825 travels quite a distance, but the actual transfer speeds are quite low, even on 5GHz with the device a foot away.

 

[ThisIsMe]

http/www.speedtest.net/result/785063169.png

I have the basic plain bottom of the barrel Road Runner package, which obviosly won't compete with the FIOS upload speeds, but my download speeds are more than adequate and very stable and consistant. Speed ratings from Time Warner for this package should be at least 384Kb-up/12Mb-down

 

[Guest]

FiOS is not available in my state, but (ironically) I work for Verizon in their Fiber Solution Center (fancy name for tech support). Verizon's hardware is actually pretty dang good most of the time. The Verizon-supplied routers are required for anyone with a MoCA (Media over Coax) systems or if they have TV services as well. The router has a coax connection on it that allows it to connect to the STBs (outdated Motorola boxes with really bad firmware installed, in my opinion) so that it can receive guide information, video on demand, and a widgets feature (which are all provided through the internet).

My complaint against Verizon isn't its hardware, but rather the software (and websites). The vast majority of problems that people have with Verizon FiOS services come not from the hardware, but from the software that runs it.

 

[raidenfox123]

http/results.speedtest.comcast.net/result/36927622.png
http/www.speedtest.net/result/785302678.png

Two Diffrent Sites, about the same result.

In all honesty, any Gateway with Propriatory software sucks. Comcast has been doing name brand routers for some time now. Depending on speed package they offer G or N