Update: This offer expires 7/21
Verizon is offering
New Verizon Fios Customers: Gigabit Internet +
12-Months Amazon Prime +
$75 Slickdeals Cashback (PC Required, see instructions below, exclusions apply).
Thanks to Slickdeals staff member
SharpNarwhal1230 for finding this deal.
Note, This offer is for new customers only. Cashback is for $75/service, Max $150.
Example offers (note: some options may not be available in all areas, please see offer for redemption details)
: - $75 Cash back on Consumer Fios Data Plan from $39.99 per month
- 200MBPS + Save $10/mo with Unlimited Wireless $39.99 per mo
- 400MBPS + Echo Dot 4th Gen + Blink Mini + Save $10/mo with Unlimited Wireless $59.99 per mo
- Up to 940/880 MBPS "Gigabit Connection" + 12-Months Amazon Prime + Free Stream TV Device (redemption via email) + Router Rental Included + Save $20/mo with Unlimited Wireless $79.99 per mo
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Instead, read this thread and contact one of the mods there directly.
Also, downloading large files. Backing up large files. Just having a better experience in general. 10 people are streaming in my house? I can still download something fast. I don't have to wait.
It lowkey bothers me when people say they don't need fast internet--I firmly believe you don't know what you need. There were plenty of people who said they don't need internet at all, or that 14.4 or 28.8 or 56k was fine back in the analog modem days. If we listened to these luddites we'd all be stuck with Australia speeds. Progress has been bad enough here, we should have fiber EVERYWHERE by now but the companies are pocketing the taxpayer money literally earmarked for infrastructure because of various loopholes. It's totally bullshit, but the only thing that will change their mind is demand and competition.
Also, due to network effects, the more people with faster internet, the better the experience is for everyone. People and companies won't innovate and provide new services if the capability isn't there, but once it's there, they will. Think high-bandwidth VR applications, cluster computing, extremely high quality streaming (you could even send raw frames), etc.
Push progress forward and get the fastest internet you can reasonably afford. If you're on a tight budget, I get it, I've been there.
But trust me, once you have it, it's hard to go back. It's like upgrading your monitor. Yeah, you can do everything just as well on a 19" monitor, but having a 27" monitor is just really nice. Same deal here.
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Heck, I hear you do not even have to do that, just sign up using different email address. I know gmail, you can just use "." anywhere in your email address before "@" and it will just ignore that. For Yahoo, you can just create a new email address and use that.
1) my neighbors have FiOS but I am the rare bird that has Comcast. So there is fiber all over our street but it has never been actually connected to my house. Will there be an extra charge to bring the line from the corner to my house when I request connection?
2) is there an extra charge to configure my connection as an ONT only so I can use my own router assume I will be streaming over broadband w/no need for FiOS TV
Heck, I hear you do not even have to do that, just sign up using different email address. I know gmail, you can just use "." anywhere in your email address before "@" and it will just ignore that. For Yahoo, you can just create a new email address and use that.
We are a household of 4 who are always on meetings, streaming, downloading, uploading backups, from 2 dozen devices etc. We have a 400/400 plan that we pay $29.99 for ($39.99 plan minus $10 teachers discount). A 300 to 400Mbps plan should be sufficient for most and the double cost for 1Gig just seems excessive.
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We are a household of 4 who are always on meetings, streaming, downloading, uploading backups, from 2 dozen devices etc. We have a 400/400 plan that we pay $29.99 for ($39.99 plan minus $10 teachers discount). A 300 to 400Mbps plan should be sufficient for most and the double cost for 1Gig just seems excessive.
Again, if you don't mind waiting a few extra mins, lower speeds are fine. But if you have Amazon prime, this is a great deal.
https://www.verizon.com/home/moving/
Put your source and destination address as the same. If you aren't in an existing contract it should offer you new user deals, or at least it did when I did this a few years ago. If that doesn't work you can try to sign up under a spouses name as new service and cancel your existing (again, ensure you aren't under contract.) If that fails speak with customer retention and ask for the deal.
When I did this and the install tech showed up he was confused at the move order. I told him customer retention set it up that way so I could get the new deal and he pushed everything through. In my case a tech was required to convert my ont from moca (coax) to an Ethernet run from the ont to the router, but I *think* the new routers and ONT modules can do 1gig over moca 2.5.
Or asymmetrical upload/download speeds. I'd *vastly* prefer Verizon's 400/400 over Comcast's 1gig/35Mbps. If you're gaming, the limited upload speeds are going to affect you WAY more than the max download speed. This is a perfect example:
Again, Verizon (and other fiber networks) are symmetrical, which means that if you're paying for 400Mbps down, you're also getting 400Mbps up. That will ensure plenty of headroom for just about any type of gaming, video chat, streaming, etc.
As Kumicho mentioned above, the upload speed of Comcast is horrendous. I get about 8-900Mbps upload speed with FIOS. I teach courses overseas through Zoom. I can't risk any freeze-up on my side. Of course, you will be fine with slower speed for regular surfing and one of two zoom sessions. But, that's like arguing that we don't need cars because most of the time you don't go far. My point is this deal is good if you can afford it.
As Kumicho mentioned above, the upload speed of Comcast is horrendous. I get about 8-900Mbps upload speed with FIOS. I teach courses overseas through Zoom. I can't risk any freeze-up on my side. Of course, you will be fine with slower speed for regular surfing and one of two zoom sessions. But, that's like arguing that we don't need cars because most of the time you don't go far. My point is this deal is good if you can afford it.
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TCB has $65 cash back on the same product. I have never missed a payment or had to remind them on cash back , a good 50% off all rebates I have had required follow up, and 20% i have never received
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