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August 12, 2006
Verizon FiOS
I packed a lot of actual productive activity during my first alternating Friday off. I visited the dentist after a year's absence and was summarily reprimanded with perhaps one of the harshest cleanings of my life... It seemed like the hygienist carved out her name on one of my molars. Then, I more or less launched this redesigned web site. Finally, I oversaw the installation of Verizon's FiOS fiber optic data service. The main factor for switching from Time Warner Cable's Road Runner was actually not the purported twice as fast speeds. It was FiOS's $15 discount over RR while still being potentially faster. $45 for internet service just seems prohibitively expensive, especially in this burgeoning age of ubiquitous wi-fi.
So far, the speeds have been pretty much as promised. Here are two samplings from Ookla's Beta SpeedTest:
Since I still have RR service I ran the same test with the cable data service:
As you can see, there are definite, measurable differences between the services. However, under normal usage - web surfing, e-mail, googleVideo - the difference is not as pronounced. Nevertheless, I'll be cancelling the overpriced Road Runner service today. Hmmmm... whatever will I do with that extra $15 per month?
Posted by Edward at August 12, 2006 11:08 AM