I had Verizon FIOS and it became Frontier FIOS and now it is going to be Verizon FIOS again, wtf!

Engadget is reporting that Verizon is about to purchase Frontier.

I got Verizon FIOS years ago as soon as it was available in my area, as my dad previously had it, and it was great. I never had issues, their website was great and I could do anything I wanted to my account via the web and if I wanted to talk to a human it was always someone in the US and they were helpful.

Frontier I never liked as well. Their web site is awful and you have no control over your account or features, having to talk to someone. And that always meant long phone waits. And the speeds were never nearly as fast as they stated, though they have gotten better. I am on 1 gig internet and am getting 902 down and 850 up right now.

I just find it nuts that I started at Verizon, then went to Frontier who I was told was the company that actually did the service in Los Angeles for Verizon, and now back to Verizon.

Will this mean I lose my monthly discount on YouTube TV?

Gordon Ung at PCWorld on the Hidden Costs of multi-gigabit fiber Internet: A cautionary tale

I know not my usual topic, but with the pandemic and both my wife and I working at home I have realized that Gigabit Internet is really not fast enough, but this article by Gordon Ung shows how far we are from multi-gigabit fiber to replace gigabit.

Now I know I already have a 10 Gigabit Ethernet port on my iMac, so I am closer to the tech than your standard PC, but I also doubt many of my devices would be able to take advantage of the speed via WIFI.

Let’s hope Multi Gigabit Internet becomes the norm and the price doesn’t go up exponentially.