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Yesterday was the big day; a couple of Verizon technicians were here and got our FIOS (Fiber Optic) service operational. We now have our "cable" TV, telephone and Internet service all through Verizon FIOS.
Obviously, with only 24-hours I can't give you a very comprehensive report on how the service works, but so far so good. I was impressed with the technicians and the work they did. One tech got here around 9 am and gave us a run-down on what he would be doing. Shortly after that, another tech arrived. Her installation for the day was cancelled at the last minute so they had her come to our house to help. The installation was very smooth, and everything was explained to us before they got started. It probably made a difference that there were two techs here, but the installation only took about three hours, maybe even a few minutes less than that. All the TVs are working great, the Internet is working and they even took the time to set up the wireless on the new router with our two laptops.
From what I've seen so far, if you have Fiber Optic available to your home jump through any hoops you have to to get the service.
Delores has already started using the unlimited long-distance calling within the US.
On a different topic; we had some friends over last night for cards and dinner. We had finished our first game of pinochle and were about to have desert when Delores started yelling about a flood downstairs. We had a good layer of water on the laundry room floor and it was slowly spreading into the office, which is just next to the laundry room. It seemed to be coming from the downstairs shower drain. We got it stopped and got the water sopped up. But boy did that sure ruin the mood for more cards. This morning a plumber, who Delores knows, came by and found the problem. The drain pipe from the kitchen sink area runs down the wall just behind the shower. That drainpipe had gotten plugged somewhere near where it feeds into the main house drain to the septic system. Kurt, the plumber, found a "clean-out" joint hidden behind a wall. We got access to that and snaked out the drain. Works great now; wish we would have know about it before. We might have been smart enough to pay attention to it and clean it out now and then.
By the way, the wives beat us in the one game we did play.
I doubt if this one-horse town has Fiber optic, but I am so sick-todeath of that game we have to play with internet, TV and phone. My phone was $29.00 a month for years until I had to sign up with the package and by the time I got back to a real phone company they raised it to $40.00 a month. Good luck to you!!!!
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