Fios or T1?

RedDuke · Feb 13, 2008

I wish I could try Fios, but it is not available where I live yet.

segv · Feb 13, 2008

Quote from DWV:

With the new faster "Fios" fiber optics is there any value in paying for a T1?

I will tell you all a big secret: There has not been any value in paying for a T1 since DSL became widely deployed. In fact in most major markets T1 circuits are DSL because it allows the carrier to reclaim valuable copper pairs.

Darshan · Sep 3, 2008

Anyone in the Chicagoland area have FIOS? Availablility seems to be limited here in the midwest

hermitage · Feb 17, 2009

i've got comcast with powerboost. plugged into my router, i'm getting 31 megs download speed.
wireless drops to 5, though.

jumper · Feb 17, 2009

I have Fios now. 42 down, 11 up. blazing fast...

GTS · Feb 17, 2009

This thread is a year old ... what makes people spontaneously start replying to a thread that hasn't been touched in 5 months?

hermitage · Feb 17, 2009

wow that really is fast.

jumper · Feb 17, 2009

Quote from GTS:

This thread is a year old ... what makes people spontaneously start replying to a thread that hasn't been touched in 5 months?

technology constantly changes

hermitage · Feb 17, 2009

Quote from GTS:

This thread is a year old ... what makes people spontaneously start replying to a thread that hasn't been touched in 5 months?

i was searching fios vs t1 on google and i found this.

i only left verizon for comcast to begin with because they didn't have fios in my area back then.

mastertrader456 · Nov 29, 2011

Bandwidth is only half the equation. More importantly is latentcy(ping). T1 has a much lower latency than cable/fios. Bandwidth is just how much data can be sent. Latency is the speed of data sent.

When you are trading you are sending/receiving small packets of data, so bandwidth is not important. The latency of those packets is crucial.