High Speed Internet Options in Utica, New York
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@gjacobse said:
Sorry to hear that you had to close the office. I sincerely hope that any staff were able to be relocated.
I don't think 50/5 is enough depending on the services you are running. If 85% of what you do is on the LAN - maybe. But if you have a bunch of outbound,. you really need a 50/20 or better.
Upstate NY has really poor internet connectivity. You would be lucky to get 50/20 for a reasonable price (if at all).
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@jt1001001 said:
Old thread but...We just closed our Utica office, we had a 35 down 5 up cable modem from Time Warner and experienced no issues; and in fact when I called to cancel the service they offered a free upgrade to 50 down 5 up . Was going to take it but why upgrade the speed when there's NO OFFICE??
That sucks. I'm in Utica every so often, my in laws live there. I'll be there in June. Just no business in Utica?
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@coliver said:
@gjacobse said:
Sorry to hear that you had to close the office. I sincerely hope that any staff were able to be relocated.
I don't think 50/5 is enough depending on the services you are running. If 85% of what you do is on the LAN - maybe. But if you have a bunch of outbound,. you really need a 50/20 or better.
Upstate NY has really poor internet connectivity. You would be lucky to get 50/20 for a reasonable price (if at all).
Buffalo isn't bad at all, it was the very first FIOS city. It's Rochester's area that is the problem. The rest isn't so bad.
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@scottalanmiller We have some business in Utica still but higher-ups decided to consolidate to our Syracuse location.
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@jt1001001 said:
@scottalanmiller We have some business in Utica still but higher-ups decided to consolidate to our Syracuse location.
Someone has business in Utica? Weird.
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@jt1001001 said:
@scottalanmiller We have some business in Utica still but higher-ups decided to consolidate to our Syracuse location.
Where abouts in Syracuse are you? I am here today
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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.
