Verizon FIOS in Los Angeles

Yes.  It’s here.  I’ve heard nothing but good things, and was about done with the outages and poor customer service at Time Warner cable.  So I did it – and this is no small deal.  I have digital TV, DVR, phone ANd Internet ALL through Time Warner.  But I did it anyway.

First step after signing up was to get the actual fiber pulled from the pole to the house, done by a different team than the Verizon installer.  That took a week to schedule, but installed no problem once they were out.  Then came the install.  I got an 8-10am install window last Thursday, and was told to play 4-6 hours for installation, and an extra two if I was getting TV AND Internet.  No way would it take that long, I thought.  Actually, it did.  The guy showed up at 8am and left at 3pm.  7 hours.  Oh – but worth it.

So now I have 4 TVs with boxes, 3 of hem with HD and DVR.  I have Internet phone, with my old number ported over, and Internet that is just about exactly FOUR TIMES FASTER than it was before.  I actually tested before and after the install.  Time Warner:  5750 Kbps down, 485 up.  Verizon:  19518 down, 4488 up.  Crazy.

Best part of all?  $50 a month LESS than Time Warner.  So yeah.  Recommended.