FiOS Rocks

I just got Verizon FiOS installed today and it is F-A-S-T. Right now I'm clocking 5 times faster than my DSL and in a few weeks when they move to speeds of 10-30-60 instead of 5-15-30, I'll be 10 times faster than DSL and 2 times as fast as cable....all for $29.95 a month. If I was willing to pay a little more I could be 12 times faster than cable but my rep said only businesses seem to be going that route. This is the 2nd time this week Verizon has helped me out. On Tuesday night we were at a swim meet when the worst storm in several years blew through. We had to navigate and redirect a few times on our way home because of all the downed trees. We were an hour away from our house in unfamiliar territory and visibility was nill. I hopped on my new Verizon RAZR phone and started up VZ Navigator and it talked me right back to my house. I fell in love with GPS while on the road for business and couldn't believe what I had been missing. I researched it a bit and instead of opting for yet another gadget, I bought a phone that had the same capabilities. I can now route, plan and navigate from the phone and it is simple to use. One cool feature that I like is being able to see a realtime map of the surrounding area with a moving icon representing me. Cool stuff. That way, if I'm not currently navigating using the gps feature, I can still see where I'm at and all the major highways in relationship to me. My only complaint would be the smallish screen as the one I had in a rental car had a screen the size of a portable dvd player. However, for as often as I'm really going to use it - the screen is fine. Big ups to Verizon (so far) for the new technologies they are offering.