Verizon DSL in the (718) is stupid slow

[Zee]

for the past week, Verizon dsl has been 56K slow in brooklyn and Queens. Mofo's.

 

[Coquito]

I thought it was just me, but hopefully they're working on upgrades.

 

[Wduaqnug]

good time to get 3 month of free service lol

 

[raildogg]

get cable!!! i tried both and liked cable better

 

[sniperruff]

im in 718 and its insanely fast (and by that i mean the full 3/768)

 

[Zee]

Originally posted by: sniperruff
im in 718 and its insanely fast (and by that i mean the full 3/768)

well you must be stealing our bandwidth :|

http://infospeed.verizon.net tells me i have 56k-128k download.

Finally popped over to dslreports to complain and i see a huge ass thread about it.

 

[jjyiz28]

im in the 562 area code, southern cali, and when i called them they stated in the automated message that several area codes, including 562 is having probs. talked to a gent there and there is no ETA]

im getting aroudn 500kb/sec instead of the full 1.3mb/sec i usually get. plus internet gaming is slow. latencies are high. even if i ping a public dns, its like 200ms.

 

[loup garou]

I was at a client in Brooklyn Heights on Monday and theirs was fine....

 

[jjyiz28]

after reading through dslreport forum for verizon, there s ahuge thread about these slowdowns. most notable is NY. seems like verizon over sold their bandwidth and now they are trying to fix their prob. thats why in peak hours its hella slow, but miracreously my connection is normal at around 1-5AM. the verizon tech alluded that verizon dsl customers are not on their own loop but share it with others, hence the crappy speeds on peak time

 

[bigrash]

im in 718. got road runner cable. switch to cable.

 

[iversonyin]

in 718, its extremely fast.....im getting 1mbps


oppps i hav optimum

 

[Malak]

Anyone else read about the new kind of broadband verizon is doing? 15mb/s down and 2mb/s up for $50/month?

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: malak
Anyone else read about the new kind of broadband verizon is doing? 15mb/s down and 2mb/s up for $50/month?

Yes, FIOS, not yet available in NYC AFAIK...at least not Manhattan.

 

[jjyiz28]

yeah im wondering what i could get when i move to buena park, CA

 

[vexingv]

in 718--bronx/riverdale. i get all my bandwidth. i read over at dslreports forums that some of their servers in queens and myabe brooklyn were having some problems.

 

[chowmein]

DSL = the sux0rs

 

[Doggiedog]

That's why I switched from Hellrizon to Road Runner years ago. I absolutely hate them. In the 3 years of RR, I've had maybe 4 outages. 1 caused by a fallen tree branch and the rest caused by upgrades to the network which were resolved quickly.

 

[Jigglelicious]

Its weird. At home, i'm having strange lag and bandwidth issues on my Verizon DSL. But at work just 3 blocks away, I get the full 3mbps. I'm confused as all hell. Brooklyn here.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: werk

Originally posted by: malak
Anyone else read about the new kind of broadband verizon is doing? 15mb/s down and 2mb/s up for $50/month?

Yes, FIOS, not yet available in NYC AFAIK...at least not Manhattan.

still.... waiting......

the other thread had FIOS in Texas and 1 other location... not very widespread yet.

 

[imported_Reck]

verizon fiber will never happen for 95% of people i wouldn't worry about it.

 

[Coquito]

I just want my regular 1.5, as I've had 768 for years. I could care less about fios right now. They always give me the same excuses.

 

[Zee]

I just want to use my internet in the daytime and experience something akin to Broadband. The reason I'm not jumping over to Timewarner's RR is because I dislike that company on principal

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: raildogg
get cable!!! i tried both and liked cable better

same here

dialup, "Sux"
Verizon DSL used to be "Hell Atlantic" Sux less,
anyone else's DSL ok

Roadrunner/cable broadband;Best !

 

[yhelothar]

I use verizon dsl in So. Cal.. been working flawlessly.

 

[Dari]

Originally posted by: Lazee
I just want to use my internet in the daytime and experience something akin to Broadband. The reason I'm not jumping over to Timewarner's RR is because I dislike that company on principal

Well, get over your hatred and get cable anway. fact is, you're forcing yourself to have only one option, yet complain about it.

Get over your hatred of Time warner, I'm sure that's not impossible. If anything, you can always go with Earthlink highspeed.