# Just got Verizon FIOS **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 10, 2006, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-got-verizon-fios/184879 "2006-09-10T18:31:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 42
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-got-verizon-fios/184879/42 "2006-09-12T17:16:31Z")
> [@well might as well post up new system](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-might-as-well-post-up-new-system/24172/10): > > to add to slowcivic’s post… you have to look at what it is… it’s all just light, traveling at the speed of light. the only thing that can limit this speed is the end user’s equipment as of now, they have yet to find a limit to what the fiber can do. there areas where tv is available such as virginia and texas. in those areas, when a customer orders a ppv movie the download speed is upped to 100mbps during the time it takes to download the movie the only thing limiting the speed is not the end users equipment, but rather the service provider who caps the speed. It’s the same with cable. Remember the old school hacks you could do to the old cable modems to up the speed to some ungodly rate? Does anyone know the actual speed of the cable lines coming into a neighborhood? It would be neat to know. FIOS is cool and very affordable for what you get. It is funny how everytime something newer comes out, everyone jumps on it’s nuts though. We’ll see how it goes once it’s been around for a few years. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-got-verizon-fios/184879)._