I have Verizon FiOS installed!

The technician came at 8:30 in the morning on a Sunday and woke me up in bed. I am actually appreciative for the guy to show up early and on time. Cox never keeps their promise…

This guy, Jason, is probably one of the most knowledgeable technicians that I’ve ever had at my house. He seems very proficient at the installation of the ONT, BBU,… And he had the TV remote controls memorized! He covers his shoes before walking on my carpet. So that’s a bonus.

The router Verizon gives me is actually very capable. Before, I feared that they would lock many configurations and not let me mess with it. But it actually turns out to be a MUCH more capable router than my crappy DI-524. And it does true WPA2 (it is initially configured with WEP, so you have to manually configure it). the TV set-top box actually connects to the router as 192.168.1.100 to download programming, so do NOT block anything above 100.

I ordered the 5MB/2MB D/L and this is the result of a speed test:

So far I am quite happy with the service and ready to dump Cox.