we had it back in DC and would have it again without question. we did NOT have the tv service through it -- only phone/internet.
We did have some issues with the router they put in and we had to get them to enable the ethernet port on it (this took N talking to a couple of different people until he got someone who knew what he was doing), which they would not have been able to do if we had the tv service. They are supposedly phasing out those "older" routers though, last I heard.
Overall, we were happy with the service. We had no or almost no downtime while we had it.
I'd probably run my own router instead of theirs but I wasn't planning TV or phone service through it, just Internet service. Any blocked ports that you know of?
they make you use their router -- we had issues getting it to talk to our other router (that we were actually using) because there was a problem with the Verizon hardware (a known design issue with that model). After we had them enable the ethernet port on it so that we could have it talk to our router, it resolved it. I don't even remember what the problem was anymore though.
I don't recall any blocked ports though I heard reports (from elsewhere) that they did a fair amount of throttling back (I didn't see this and we kept testing for it periodically).
Hmm, ok. I wonder if I can get around that since I'm using an actual machine as the router. I suppose at worst I could just put my router on the DMZ of their router and not worry about it but I'd hate to daisy chain through two routers. Might just have to be one of those things where I yank their router off the system after the installer leaves and put mine on in its place.
I might skip the TV service on it, I'd have to think about it first. I mainly just want the nice, fast network connection. Since I have my photo galleries and email server, sitting behind a slow-poke DSL isn't going to do.
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We did have some issues with the router they put in and we had to get them to enable the ethernet port on it (this took N talking to a couple of different people until he got someone who knew what he was doing), which they would not have been able to do if we had the tv service. They are supposedly phasing out those "older" routers though, last I heard.
Overall, we were happy with the service. We had no or almost no downtime while we had it.
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I don't recall any blocked ports though I heard reports (from elsewhere) that they did a fair amount of throttling back (I didn't see this and we kept testing for it periodically).
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