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| DATE | 2008-01-19 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Fios - David Sugar
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Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:49:34 -0500
From: Ruben Safir
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Subject: Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Fios - David Sugar
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On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 02:21:39AM -0500, Kevin Mark wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 11:53:22PM -0500, Ruben Safir wrote:
> >
> >
> > As we prepared to open a new Freedom Technology Center in a rehabilitated
> > site in New Jersey, I came to learn that Verizon was capable of offering
> > fiber service at our location. Officially, they only claim to support
> > those using Microsoft Windows and Mac OS/X with their service. In
> > fact, with a little foreknowledge, you can have installed, activated,
> > and use your FiOS service with an entirely free operating system such
> > as GNU/Linux.
> >
> > Verizon will run a fiber cable to your home or business, and have it
> > terminate not on a D-mark, but rather on a special optical termination
> > box. This box has both PSTN jacks and an ethernet jack. The ethernet
> > jack they will normally run to a wireless/wired router that they also
> > provide. The router they give you is generally preconfigured as a NAT,
> > and as 192.168.1.x network.
> >
> About 2 years ago, I got DSL from verizon and went through the same
> procedure for it. The web said that there was some way to activate the
> service by asking verizon to 'just do it' without the windows install
> but I could not convice anyone of this. End result, I borrowed my
> sisters pc to install it and have it do the dirty work. My estimation is
> that it did this:
I'm having this same problem right now in the Catskills. The only board
band access is through Time-Warner/Roadrunner and they just won't install
anything without a Mac or DOS box available.
Ruben
> configured the router(a westell) from a pre-configured 'mydsl' account
> setting to my username/password and sent some data to verizon to
> activate my account and who-knows-what-else. So the setup of the router
> is not that hard part, but convincing someone to setup the account that
> it needs is. Once configured, its just like any other router. I have had
> some connectivity issues and have always found the issue to not be on my
> end, not that they admit it. One person said I reset my 'modem' too many
> times and it needed to be replace. So getting tech support is also tough
> from the free software end or getting someone to know how to
> troubleshoot sans Windows.
> -K
> ps. about 8 months ago FIOS was setup in my area, a test market I think.
> but I dont think anyone on my block as signed up.
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