WOW I just got FiOS

I decided to test mine out as well... so my school's internet finally doesn't suck. It used to... badly.


What exactly IS FiOS anyways?

There are different types of ways to send information accross the internet. Dial-up, cable, DSL, sattelite, etc..... Verizon uses a new type that uses fiber optics (light) and the name of their system is called FiOS (Fi= fiber, O= Optic, S= System). Instead of using radio waves or electricity to send information, they use light (yes like light from the sun and your light bulb) to send information. Instead of using cables, wires, and radio signals; it uses glass tubes to send information. That's why it has to be installed in your area.

My uncle works for verizon and he's the one who installed it for us. He was telling me how Verizon used to have these 5 foot in diameter cables that would run through the ground and send DSL to all their customers. Now that 5 foot cable can be replaced by a 1 inch glass tube.

Here's mine. If I lived closer to the server it would probably be a lot lot faster. All of you live ilke 50miles from yours .