time for the annual Internet Speed Quest

[Joshua Judson Rosen]

I think FairPoint does have some service in NH that's analogous to FiOS, but I don't see any way to find out from their website how much it costs or whether it's even available in a given area. Their phone robot says to go check the website or call back during normal business hours.
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On July 6, 2014 9:33:09 AM EDT, Mark Komarinski <mkomarinski at wayga.org> wrote:
>I live in MA.  Got it probably 4 years ago when they did my town which
>was one of the last ones they did around here.
>
>On Jul 6, 2014 9:26 AM, Joshua Judson Rosen <rozzin at geekspace.com>
>wrote:
>
>Where are you that you even have FiOS as an option? Last I heard,
>Verizon wasn't doing business in NH anymore (except for Verizon
>Wireless)....
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>On July 4, 2014 8:04:16 AM EDT, Mark Komarinski <mkomarinski at wayga.org>
>wrote:
>
>My FIOS is advertised 50Mbps up and down.  When downloading games via
>steam I'm regularly peaking at 7MBps.  Latency for things like audio
>and video chat is quite acceptable.
>
>I'm too far away from the CO to get anything other than ISDN so I'm
>kinda stuck with cable/FIOS.
>
>On Jul 4, 2014 7:41 AM, David Rysdam <david at rysdam.org> wrote:
>
>
>John Abreau <jabr at blu.org> writes: 
>
>Internet "speed" is a conflation of two different things: bandwidth and
>
>latency. Merely increasing your bandwidth won't do anything to address 
>problems with latency. If you combine both of these in your head and
>call 
>it "speed", then you're setting yourself up for expensive
>disappointment. 
>
>
>I'm specifically looking for speed. Downloads, uploads, videos, etc. We
>
>don't do any gaming or anything where latency is a big issue. 
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