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Re: Verizon's FiOS TV Service Takes Off in Texas

Bob Goudreau (BobGoudreau@notchur.biz)
Sat, 18 Mar 2006 19:00:24 -0500

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> >>> I use Fios and it is AWESOME! 15MB to the internet; ...

>>> Uh -- we've had 15MB connections to the net for the last year. And it
>>> isn't Verizon FIOS -- it's Cox over coaxial.

>> Downstream.

>> DOCSIS is must slower and less efficient in the upstream direction.

> Funny thing is, I get 5MB up.

Point of clarification. Are you folks really getting 15 megaBYTES (or
5 megabytes) per second upstream? I suspect you might really mean 15
Mb (megaBITS) or 5 Mb per second. I'm not trying to nitpick; the
difference between that capital B (= byte) and lower-case b (= bit) is
an entire order of magnitude. When you're comparing speeds like that,
sloppy misuse of units will leave your audience misinformed.

Bob Goudreau
Cary, NC

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