High Speed Internet Options in Utica, New York
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@scottalanmiller said:
Buffalo isn't bad at all, it was the very first FIOS city.
Nope. That would be Keller, TX. Buffalo doesn't even have FiOS.
http://legacy.wgrz.com/story/news/local/buffalo/2015/08/05/verizon-fios-availability/31194327/
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@PSX_Defector said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Buffalo isn't bad at all, it was the very first FIOS city.
Nope. That would be Keller, TX. Buffalo doesn't even have FiOS.
http://legacy.wgrz.com/story/news/local/buffalo/2015/08/05/verizon-fios-availability/31194327/
It really does, I've used FIOS in Buffalo. Don't know what that story is about, but we were using 300Mb/s FIOS in Buffalo at the same time as that article. Sensational journalism again, I am guessing. Buffalo was definitely at the cusp of FIOS rollouts and the speeds are great and everywhere we've dealt with in Buffalo seems to have it, even rough neighbourhoods and low rent areas.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@PSX_Defector said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Buffalo isn't bad at all, it was the very first FIOS city.
Nope. That would be Keller, TX. Buffalo doesn't even have FiOS.
http://legacy.wgrz.com/story/news/local/buffalo/2015/08/05/verizon-fios-availability/31194327/
It really does, I've used FIOS in Buffalo. Don't know what that story is about, but we were using 300Mb/s FIOS in Buffalo at the same time as that article. Sensational journalism again, I am guessing. Buffalo was definitely at the cusp of FIOS rollouts and the speeds are great and everywhere we've dealt with in Buffalo seems to have it, even rough neighbourhoods and low rent areas.
Nope, because big red V avoids rough areas with a passion. That's why Keller was chosen as the test bed and took them close to 15 years to even consider installing in Baltimore.
Without access to WFA, I can't tell you exactly where it is available, but upstate NY is considered one of the least penetrated areas of Verizon. Let's put it this way, the small sliver of Verizon ILEC service in CT was wired well before Buffalo. If there has been FiOS penetration, it's a VERY recent install and/or outside of the official city limits. I am unaware of it, and I spend tons of time involved with it.
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@PSX_Defector said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@PSX_Defector said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Buffalo isn't bad at all, it was the very first FIOS city.
Nope. That would be Keller, TX. Buffalo doesn't even have FiOS.
http://legacy.wgrz.com/story/news/local/buffalo/2015/08/05/verizon-fios-availability/31194327/
It really does, I've used FIOS in Buffalo. Don't know what that story is about, but we were using 300Mb/s FIOS in Buffalo at the same time as that article. Sensational journalism again, I am guessing. Buffalo was definitely at the cusp of FIOS rollouts and the speeds are great and everywhere we've dealt with in Buffalo seems to have it, even rough neighbourhoods and low rent areas.
Nope, because big red V avoids rough areas with a passion. That's why Keller was chosen as the test bed and took them close to 15 years to even consider installing in Baltimore.
Without access to WFA, I can't tell you exactly where it is available, but upstate NY is considered one of the least penetrated areas of Verizon. Let's put it this way, the small sliver of Verizon ILEC service in CT was wired well before Buffalo. If there has been FiOS penetration, it's a VERY recent install and/or outside of the official city limits. I am unaware of it, and I spend tons of time involved with it.
Buffalo had FIOS before I moved to Texas. It's been there for quite some time. Nothing east of there, AFAIK, but Buffalo itself has had it. We've looked at getting property there as recently as a few weeks ago specifically because of FIOS.
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It's there on the map, along with Syracuse.
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It's very isolated, only in the cities, but those two denser cities have it. Buffalo for quite some time and 'Cuse for less. But I actually used it and was really pushing the 300Mb/s last year. It worked great.
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@scottalanmiller said:
It's there on the map, along with Syracuse.
County, not city. And I already know about Syracuse. Buffalo is what I'm talking about.
VZ is super selective on where they will pop things in. NYC bitched because they were not wiring everyone at the same time. Until Corning came out with the flexible fiber stuff, MDUs were FiOS biggest weakness.
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@PSX_Defector said:
County, not city. And I already know about Syracuse. Buffalo is what I'm talking about.
Correct, the map shows Erie country, but it was in Buffalo that we used it.
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Also notice on the map that it lists Ft. Worth as one of the FiOS major cities. Fact of the matter is that Verizon doesn't service Ft. Worth, AT&T does. There isn't a single VZ CO in the city of Ft. Worth:
https://www.telcodata.us/search-area-code-exchange-by-company-state?company=GTE&state=TX
There is the potential for some overlap, like having a phone number in one town but your mailing address is another. So yes, there might be someone in the city limits of Buffalo who has FiOS, but odds are it has a caveat.
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Fios is in Some areas of Buffalo, NY. It is limited within the city boundaries (I think North Buffalo only??), and in some suburbs. I have 25/25 at my house in Amherst, our HQ in Tonawanda I just ordered 150/150 for, but one "burb over FiOS is not available.
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@scottalanmiller said:
I did an "In My Area" search and all that came up where Time Warner at no more than 5Mb/s and FiOS DLS at less than 1Mb/s.
Utica and Rome I know have Verizon DSL and TWC but I don't think they have FiOS. It's a poorer demographic, sadly...
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@thanksajdotcom said:
@scottalanmiller said:
I did an "In My Area" search and all that came up where Time Warner at no more than 5Mb/s and FiOS DLS at less than 1Mb/s.
Utica and Rome I know have Verizon DSL and TWC but I don't think they have FiOS. It's a poorer demographic, sadly...
It's sad because other than that one issue, Utica has some amazing downtown office space.
