First I am happy to see that Surewest FIOS got a topic (
seems like my request for one back when I posted my 10Mbit test went through)
A couple months back I got surewest's 10Mbps/10Mbps FIOS with 75GB bandwidth limit (Standard was 40GB for $50/month) and it was great. The download was fast and the upload was unbeatable for a residential connection. The only thing that sucked was the 75GB limit.
Now I was shocked when I got a promotion in the mail that said they were now offering 20Mbps/20Mbps FIOS with UNLIMITED bandwidth. And what made this even better is that it was the same price as my 10Mbit line with extra bandwidth at $89.95. I called up ASAP and switched it over and after I got off the phone with them I was on a 20Mbps connection.
The great thing about this connection is that I can actually get higher than 20Mbps (Up to 30Mbps) if I have a ton of connections open with something like BT.
If you live in Surewests service area (Greater Sacramento Area, Roseville) I would highly recommend you get their service and upgrade to the 20Mbit.
Just to give you perspective, so far in August I have downloaded 700GB and uploaded 1.5TB. I also run a private ftp and a web server.
I just found out that I am on the Level 3 Black Fiber backbone for the United States and Europe which means I get superlow pings even over great distances.
Verizon FIOS sucks compared to Surewest.
2005-08-24 11:43:07 EST: 18336 / 41703
Your download speed :19033088 bps, or 18587 Kbps.A 2323 kB/sec transfer rate. Your upload speed is much faster than down.. have you tweaked?
Your upload speed : 42703872 bps, or 41703 Kbps.
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