Question about installation

[Fuz3d]

My isp is supposed to be installing fios, and they have to run cables 3000 feet up to where I live. They're supposed to be starting this week, and they never gave us a finish date. How long would it possibly take for them to bring it the 3000 feet to my house? Also, I've never had fios before...will I get the speeds were going to pay for?

[brwainer]

It will be rather noticeable when they actually make progress on running the line - for a job like that it would be at least a full day job if not several days. You probably haven't gotten a finish date because they can't make an estimate until they actual get started. A normal Fios install is just a few hundred feet if that, and they finish it in a few hours. Your install is quite a bit more than that and I wouldn't make an estimate ahead of time.

 

Have your local utilities (power, water, gas, copper telephone, cable, sewage, etc) come buy yet and put their paint over your yard to makr where they are installed? In most states this is required before anyone does work involving digging - in Virginia its called Miss Utility.

[Fuz3d]

1 hour ago, brwainer said:

It will be rather noticeable when they actually make progress on running the line - for a job like that it would be at least a full day job if not several days. You probably haven't gotten a finish date because they can't make an estimate until they actual get started. A normal Fios install is just a few hundred feet if that, and they finish it in a few hours. Your install is quite a bit more than that and I wouldn't make an estimate ahead of time.

 

Have your local utilities (power, water, gas, copper telephone, cable, sewage, etc) come buy yet and put their paint over your yard to makr where they are installed? In most states this is required before anyone does work involving digging - in Virginia its called Miss Utility.

We assumed it will be several days once they have started. We have a personal connection with someone inside the company, and he was the one who got the project going for us. Before this they would never give us fios because of living in a home by it self. He told us that they were probably going to start this week, so I was trying to figure out how long it would possibly take once they start. No, they have not painted over yet, but they brought in a line that they would help pull the line through.

[scottyseng]

2 hours ago, Fuz3d said:

We assumed it will be several days once they have started. We have a personal connection with someone inside the company, and he was the one who got the project going for us. Before this they would never give us fios because of living in a home by it self. He told us that they were probably going to start this week, so I was trying to figure out how long it would possibly take once they start. No, they have not painted over yet, but they brought in a line that they would help pull the line through.

Yeah, you're lucky. I wouldn't ever imagine they would be normally willing to run a FIOS line that long without charging a lot for it.

 

As for speeds, I've always gotten more than what I pay for. I pay for 75/75 and always get 85/85 consistently. My friend who has 100/100 (He's lucky because he has the newer ONT), gets 110/110.

 

Since your install is new, you're more than likely getting the newer awesome ONT units where they run fiber to your house and put the ONT inside. Mine is the older outdoor box and my max speed limit is 100/100 unless I cough up a upgrade fee or beg them to upgrade it for free.

 

I also recommend flat out buying a Verizon router and not renting it. You can find the Quantum gateway for cheap and if you already have a good router, you just need a Verizon router just so the technician can test the line, and then swap it out for yours (break the DHCP lease first).

[brwainer]

20 minutes ago, scottyseng said:

Yeah, you're lucky. I wouldn't ever imagine they would be normally willing to run a FIOS line that long without charging a lot for it.

 

As for speeds, I've always gotten more than what I pay for. I pay for 75/75 and always get 85/85 consistently. My friend who has 100/100 (He's lucky because he has the newer ONT), gets 110/110.

 

Since your install is new, you're more than likely getting the newer awesome ONT units where they run fiber to your house and put the ONT inside. Mine is the older outdoor box and my max speed limit is 100/100 unless I cough up a upgrade fee or beg them to upgrade it for free.

 

I also recommend flat out buying a Verizon router and not renting it. You can find the Quantum gateway for cheap and if you already have a good router, you just need a Verizon router just so the technician can test the line, and then swap it out for yours (break the DHCP lease first).

They have outdoor ONTs that are gigabit. I have one. But its really an indoor unit in a weatherprrof enclosure. It is easier that way since they had to tie into the existing telco and cable demarcs. Also, OP doesn’t necessarily have Verizon, I know Frontier also uses the Fios brand name, with basically the same hardware.

[Fuz3d]

7 hours ago, brwainer said:

They have outdoor ONTs that are gigabit. I have one. But its really an indoor unit in a weatherprrof enclosure. It is easier that way since they had to tie into the existing telco and cable demarcs. Also, OP doesn’t necessarily have Verizon, I know Frontier also uses the Fios brand name, with basically the same hardware.

You're right I do have frontier since I live in California. Used to have verizon until frontier took them over in three states. The company of frontier has had pretty shitty service compared to Verizon.

[scottyseng]

4 hours ago, Fuz3d said:

You're right I do have frontier since I live in California. Used to have verizon until frontier took them over in three states. The company of frontier has had pretty shitty service compared to Verizon.

Yeah, the frontier buyout in Texas for us was a bit of a nightmare. The month of the switch, we had no way of paying the bill online. Also frontier's website is quite bad compared to Verizon. You pretty much have to call in for adding equipment or changing the bundle now.

 

Make sure they put the ont where you want it though.

[Donut417]

19 hours ago, Fuz3d said:

My isp is supposed to be installing fios, and they have to run cables 3000 feet up to where I live. They're supposed to be starting this week, and they never gave us a finish date. How long would it possibly take for them to bring it the 3000 feet to my house? Also, I've never had fios before...will I get the speeds were going to pay for?

FIOS is Fiber internet. Not sure on what plans they offer as they are not in my area. Its hard to say, Im also surprised they didnt charge you for that run. Because if it were Comcast, they would have asked for $50,000 easily. You should get the speeds you pay for.

[Fuz3d]

1 hour ago, Donut417 said:

FIOS is Fiber internet. Not sure on what plans they offer as they are not in my area. Its hard to say, Im also surprised they didnt charge you for that run. Because if it were Comcast, they would have asked for $50,000 easily. You should get the speeds you pay for.

If we wanted to get spectrum, we would have had to pay 80-100k according to the quote they gave us.

[Donut417]

Just now, Fuz3d said:

If we wanted to get spectrum, we would have had to pay 80-100k according to the quote they gave us.

Thats because they would have probably had to install a new node which isnt cheap, and maybe an amp. Plus the cabling. I think the Fiber that Fios uses, has a range of like 2k. Though I could be wrong.