Questions for FIOS users

[prtuc2]

Just want to gather some information from FIOS users.

My FIOS plan is 15/5 right now and my question is for people with 50/25 or higher plan does it really improve in overall download speed or buffering youtube HD videos?

Right now during evening to night hours it is guarantee I will encounter buffering problem with youtube videos, as for connections 2 pc hardwired to the modem w/a wireless connection.

I do believe the problem is the wireless connection that pops up at the evening/night time, but I don't know rather they are downloading or just surfing the web (tenant).

Any inputs will be greatly appreciated, thanks again.

 

[Baked]

Youtube will buffer no matter how fast your net speed is. It's a controller on youtube's end, not yours. Wireless connection is limited by your wireless router and the receiver, not by the net speed.

The biggest difference you'll see switching from 15/5 to 50/25 would be d/l speed for large files by FTP or Torrent.

 

[Sonikku]

I can't speak for Verizon's 50/25 plan, but Fios sure does make Time Warner improve in overall all download speed once Fios is in town.

 

[ImpulsE69]

Unless you are torrenting a great deal, 50mb is..well..probably overkill. People here don't pirate, I read that somewhere.

Lord knows many of these people apparently just download linux iso's over and over with their 100mbit connections

 

[prtuc2]

My brother plays online game at night time also noticed some lag spikes assumed that caused by the throttling bandwidth? If upgrading speed doesn't solve the problem I am not sure I want to pay extra $30 dollars/month for the 50/25 plan.

 

[prtuc2]

Unless you are torrenting a great deal, 50mb is..well..probably overkill. People here don't pirate, I read that somewhere.

Lord knows many of these people apparently just download linux iso's over and over with their 100mbit connections

Nothing excessive, just sometimes download so freewares from Download.net like 3dMark for benching or testing. Most of the time just uploading photos to photobucket and my brother use the most bandwidth for EA origins and gaming.