We finally got Verizon Fios. 15/15 speed and it is awesome.

We usually get an average of 17 Megs Down, and 13 Megs Up. Not too shabby compared to our old Comcast Workplace 8megs/768kbs

They are soon offering 20/20 in our area and we will jump on that

13 Megs UP??????? That's amazing. As a programmer that will really speed things up. I have wanted FiOS for quite some time, but it is not available in Chicago.

Yeah the 13megs up really does rock for uploading files especially in our profession. Not to mention the 15/15 is cheaper than Comcasts 8meg/768kbps. I can't wait until they bring 30/30 and 50/30.

Sadly, I'm still waiting for FIOS in my area (claymont, Delaware) as well. As soon as it is I am ditching the horrible comcast service that I receive.

/drool

I agree.That is pretty cool.

I too have been drooling over FiOS ever since I heard about it, but I think it will be forever before it will be available to me (Frederick, MD area). I currently have Comcast and to be honest I can't complain - I pay the standard price for my Internet connection but still have a fast download and decent upload speed. I guess my installer wasn't kidding when he told me he "hooked me up."

Yeah I'd say. 2.5 megs up is very unusual for cable. When I had comcast I only had 768 Max Up.

I am running the on the same service as you from comcast. I do run a development server ( my local development box ). Something I have noticed recently is that when uploading I get very fast burst speeds for the first 5.5 MB. When I say fast I mean somewhere around 4mb / second, then it drops off to around 500kb/second. If I was going to run a production server I would rather colocate it than to host it from home. Comcast have never said anything to me about running a server from home. Comcast does have buisiness class connections available with higher upload speeds, but they are pricey. Not sure how they compare to FIOS. Are you running a production server from home? If so how has it worked out for you? I have a 1U racker server sitting here, and would love to host from home, but the upload speed issues have kept me from making that leap.

There has been speculation about Comcasts speeds. I read from BroadBandReports.com that you can't get a true reading on bandwidth from Comcast because of their "power boost" The max upload for Docsis 2.0 is 768kbs-1mbps. Even when we had Comcast workplace I did see 1.5 up,. but the provision speed was only 768kbps up.

We don't have Comcast anymore, and it was the best decision we ever made. Fios blows Comcast dead out of the water. We are only running testing servers out of the office. Although when running a speed test from our Windows VPS at HMS, the speeds of Fios are faster than we see at HMS. It would make sense to host a production server out of the office, but we don't have the type of security systems to secure the servers like HMS has which is why we are considering colocation. But I would say, if you have a secure environment, you will definitely have no problem hosting a production server on Fios, as long as you have 15/15 or higher.

The speeds with fios are consistant. When uploading to HMS servers, i get no less than 1.7 Megs per second. (provision speed is 15 megaBITS per second so that's just about dead on)

Keep in mind, that you need BUSINESS Fios (with a static IP) to run any type of server on port 80. Residential Fios (which is what I personally have at home) blocks port 80 and 25 . I host my personal testing servers on port 8008. Business Fios costs almost twice as much for a static IP than residential does (which only offers dynamic ips). They still block port 80 on dynamic business accounts (not sure why).

However, if you need additional IP addresses, they only sell them in blocks and that's really where they get you.

5 for $20, 20 for $50, and 50 for $100 I believe.

Whereas HMS only charges $1 per additional IP. Again, no brainer to colocate.

Hope this helps. Any more questions let me know. I can't rave enough about Fios.