2Mbps is normal for the 5 and 15 Mbps down, the 30 Mbps down has 5Mbps max.

The were offering a few additional packages in the DFW area last summer, the flyers were saying 45Mbps down 15Mbps up, but that plan has since dissappeared.

I live in Brooklyn NY and i live about less than 3/4 of a mile from a Verizon CO. For some reason Verizon never installed FIOS in my area, they apparantly installed everywhere else in NYC. They never came around to install DSL in my area either.

when will milwaukee see this kind of action. i so want this

In my area (metro ny) I thought up to 50 mbps plans were available in verizon's mail promotions. hmmm.

It's about damn time for some real competition in the tv business. The cable industry has been robbing us for more than thirty years, while acting as if they are doing us a favor.

Remember when they charged $5.00 month for remote control, and they would disable the function so couldn't just go out and get a universal remote.

The guys in the field are underpaid and think they know everything, though you're lucky if you got one who graduated from high school.

I always like ma bell and hope they do well. Even though I had a bit of trouble getting DSL installed I gave them the benefit of the doubt. They were new in the internet business and had to get the kinks out. I've had no problems since. Nice people. Union work force.

Bring it to San Diego!

FiOS is as good as you think and better. I've had it for well over a year now, and I don't think I've ever had even a momentary outage. With my 15/2 plan, I regularly clock actual rates of 20 down and 4 up. I don't bother paying for a 30Mbps plan because most sites I visit, or the links to them, don't serve up data fast enough to saturate my existing connection anyway....

I kinda laugh at people that hate cable internet and complain that their Dial up never went down. Ok, first of all how many times has your old PSTN style phone service gone out completely on you? I can't remember it ever happening at my Parents house. But then again, the phone service has been around for what? 100 years? Might explain why they've got most of the kinks worked out of it. Heck, the internet itself in it's most primitive form isn't even 50 years old yet. Fiber is going to have its own sets of problems once it starts to make it into homes, it's new. Everything new tends to break. /shrug ... get a backup if its an absolute necessity for ya.

I've had FiOS for about 3 months in the Inland Empire area of Southern California and can say it's the fastest service I have ever had. 15/2 is the best program going in my area. I agree with Ben no need for the 30/5 package because most sites can't keep up with the 15/2. Overall i have to say if you can get this service get it now!

I got Fios 2 months ago in the Syracuse, NY area with the 20 Mbps/ 5 Mbps package and compared to my Time Warner it is almost the same in service quality except my upload seems to be more consistently closer to 4.8-5.0 Mbps with Fios instead of TW which "promised" their speeds but in the fine print says it could not guarantee it. End result = better pings in online games

I also download media off an FTP site and turns out the site is the slower end, maxing out at 15-17 Mbps(300 Megabyte TV show or 1 Gig movie takes...2 minutes?10 minutes? go figure :)

The deals that the tech from Time Warner on the line offers if you stay is hilarious; I tell him it's because of the speed but it's like he doesn't have a script card in response to "I got a faster connection now. Thanks!" Plus, with the phone internet combo plan I pay around $35 for each service on one bill. Very satisfied here :)