[Novalug] [OT] Verizon Experience Store Grand Opening

[gregory pryzby]

On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 09:35:43AM -0500, Kevin Kitts wrote:
> Funny you should mention that - a friend of mine just got FIOS in Sterling Park
> - they live off of Sterling Boulevard towards that main road that head out
> towards the airport - it's 28, I think. There was some mixup in terms of
> pricing and after a month or two the price went up $10 or something. Also,
> though it does not bother some people - FIOS annoys me - because they actually
> cut your copper phone wires - then if your power goes out you lose phone
> service too. Seems like a step backward in reliability to me...

There is a battery backup. However, you the dwelling resident, are
responsible for replacement and any problems w/ the battery.

But I agree. That is the part that has me waiting right now. That and
I haven't had a chance to 'test' it from outside (ssh, web, mail, etc)
to see what services I can run. 
 
> On 2/5/07, Bryan Seitz <seitz at bsd-unix.net> wrote:
> 
>     It'd be interesting if they would get off their A$$e$ and bring FIOS to
>     Sterling.


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