March 14, 2012
Verizon FiOS is Fast... But Slow
Verizon FiOS promises high speeds, but what good is 20 Mbps when latency hits 500 ms? Discover why fast isn't always better—and how ping times kill performance.
Yes I get a fast 20 Mbps at my house for cheap $$. But is it worth it when the trade off with a 500 ms ping?
$ mtr -r www.google.com HOST: imac.home Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev 1.|-- myrouter.home 0.0% 10 349.5 400.4 50.2 621.0 194.7 2.|-- l100.lsanca-vfttp-75.veri 0.0% 10 395.3 381.9 203.7 561.5 130.9 3.|-- g3-2-975.lsanca-lcr-09.ve 0.0% 10 337.6 332.4 201.8 492.7 119.4 4.|-- so-3-1-0-0.lax01-bb-rtr1. 0.0% 10 346.3 427.3 147.7 654.5 171.8 5.|-- 0.so-2-2-0.xl3.lax15.alte 0.0% 10 506.5 477.4 71.6 762.6 215.6 6.|-- tengige0-6-0-0.gw4.lax15. 10.0% 10 588.4 502.4 184.4 758.7 184.3 | `|-- 152.63.115.178 | |-- 152.63.115.242 | |-- 152.63.114.217 | |-- 152.63.114.213 | |-- 152.63.112.73 7.|-- google-gw.customer.alter. 10.0% 10 561.7 550.0 228.8 727.6 156.4 8.|-- 64.233.174.238 11.1% 9 573.2 562.6 278.1 777.4 171.8 9.|-- 72.14.236.11 11.1% 9 494.1 489.9 252.5 676.4 152.4 10.|-- lax02s01-in-f16.1e100.net 11.1% 9 437.9 430.2 133.8 632.4 169.3