Comcast Internet(16Mbps/2Mbps) vs. Verizon FIOS(25Mbps/25Mbps)

[robacejr]

Ur PC needs update to handle fios. Haha

[kxikmciw]

Comcast sucks... everytime I played on my Xbox, comcast kept dropping my connection from games and xbl parties. they wanted me to pay $60 extra a month for them to help keep my xbox connected to the internet. Im switching to FIOS next week and already I am saving $40 a month and I am also getting 33Mbps/35Mbps for a lower price than comcast would ever offer for.

[gsc01972]

i had that on comcast than i changed my video card for HD on my pc and it resolved the problem!!

[16437457]

IRS THE LAPTOP IT MUST BE TO SLOW TO PROCESS HD!!!

[rockhopper123452]

macs steal all the internet they hog it im on a mac and its insanley fast but when i use my other devices they lag like hell

[supercounterstrike1]

Is that Wi-FI on your laptop?

[jtantonovich]

I have comcast 25 down 4 up. :P

[jamesdizzy056]

@jtantonovich Me to. Are those rounded numbers?

[xXstalkinyourmomXx]

I have fios 25down 25up when connected via ethernet cable, but when on wifi I get 15-20down and 15up

[MyFaceHole]

The graphics card in your small laptop is not adequate. Its like comparing a pitbull to a wiener dog. I had bad internet, it would take minutes to load a short youtube video, however i had a good graphics card so i was able to buffer and play the media from YouTube that has already been loaded from there servers. I got 30 fps solid on a 2mbps down and 1mbps up speed. Do your homework before you try these "experiments". If you had 2 of the same comps u would not have this prob they would be same.

[im1greatman]

Its the laptop not the connection. lmao

[paul7986]

@im1greatman no it's not the laptop. My FIOs connection is and has been connected for a year to my Mac Mini. My Mac Mini isn't a year old yet, so it's not the equipment.

I never had cable TV, but Ive always watched up to 4 hours a day of online TV(thru various streaming sites). Thus Im going to experience more buffering as Im streaming a ton of tv shows, movies & clips. Though I never had buffering issues with Comcast only FIOs.

[MNM2884nick]

@paul7986 sorry to tell you but it is the computer your ram and video card is the problem if you have a mac is understandable.

[PerfeCisolation]

this video is misleading cause the video is fully loaded - it's a computer issue not verizon.

GG sir.

[PerfeCisolation]

It's megabit not byte btw. One is 8 times larger than the other - huge difference.

[pghblog1]

Choppy choppy, smoth as butter COMCAST!

[MegaDeathwarrant]

this guy is an idiot he's using a laptop. 

[modemman11]

Yeah, looks like a PC issue, not an internet issue. Plus you paused the videos before starting, which gave youtube plenty of time to buffer the video before you hit play.

[MaddogGFX]

Pointless video... the laptop is choppy because it either has a bad graphics card that does not fully support 1080p video and or the CPU is bad.

[pb4y55]

How does the Fios experience compare to Comcast in day-to-day surfing? Oftentimes, much slower. How can that be? It is measurably 2.5X faster for downloads!

The simple answer is "latency".

Bandwidth is the advertised measure of Internet speed, but latency is more important for most consumers.

I will return back to comcast for internet and plug my TV into it to watch news and shows through Veetle.com and TVPC.com ect.

[jmkhtjm]

fios is always better in everything

[jamesblunt12434]

This video is retarded, it's your laptop... Try to connect comcast to the laptop and fios to your pc and you'll see it'll work the same as it did on this video

[SkoChoSo]

It's your Packard bell laptop, that's the reason

[jojokhader]

Are you watching the movie off of your online TV. connection?

[jeremiah32699]

i think the computer is comcast and the tv. verizon fios

[jordanzs521]

it is the laptop that is bad

[jakthebomb]

I think you are high and a NON Techie. The Internet Speed doesn't determine the smoothness of the video. That is a shitty computer. I have FiOS for 2 years and it is a Day and night difference. I will never go back to cable. Cable is 2nd class service compared to FiOS.

[MaksAMD]

it looks like either you loaded tv one first and laptop is far behind or better is your laptop is not capable of playing 1080p youtube format , i have comcast at work 25Mbt and the desktop still cant play the 1080p its all choppy and the movie is fully loaded , so it is not internet its your hardware .

[VideoGameBloggr]

Did you ever think that your Laptop is wireless and your TV is I'm guessing wired? Perhaps you have a terrible router that isn't suited for streaming 1080p footage. You fail sir.

[UncleBodyguard671]

my comcast gets 31 mbps down and 4 mbps up wired, and wireless i get 20 mbps down and 3.5 mbps up, im always host on MW2 :D

[CokeandMentosCP]

Maybe also because Mac OS X use OpenGL and Windows uses crappy DirectX.

[ras2010able]

Why do you need so much speed on the upload side? I have FIOS internet at 20/5 and I have been happy for the past 6 months of service. I have downloaded plenty of 800 MB video clips in 5 minutes.

[paul7986]

@ras2010able that's cool. I no longer use Bit Torrent; no longer collect media on my hard drive. Not my thing anymore, I prefer just to click and play. Thus, it's important for me to be able to watch/stream HD videos from youtube, vevo, vimeo, etc. To me if your selling the fastest Internet then it should stream HD videos as I were watching it through HD cable TV service (i dont subscribe to cable).

As for the desire for fast upload ... I upload large amounts of audio 2 server 4 my work.

[paul7986]

@paul7986 but I will deal with the slow uploads of comcast as watching HD content on the net is more important to me.

Maybe Verizon will fix their network in the future? I have their ONT now .. can just easily order it; switch between providers as needed.

[eLiTezv1]

@paul7986 yo its your laptop...............

[voodoomediaworks]

i thnk its the mac

[paul7986]

@voodoomediaworks Nope. I tried the FIOs connected via ethernet to Acer laptop (windows 7 home), to PC running Vista and to this brand new mac mini. All 1080p HD youtube videos buffer and stop. Comcast line runs smooth as butter. Yet speed test says for FIOs 25/16 .. Comcast 20/2.

Further just had time to talk to a FIOs tech who said nothing can be done, as I am getting advertised speed; yet there backend running to youtube's HD servers is not routed as well as Comcast. CANCELing FIOs!

[SIOYGYG]

@paul7986 the reason it is choppy is because your PC cannot handle 1080P and your graphics card is horrible

[jakthebomb]

@SIOYGYG I agree with that!

[orioncheung]

whats your laptop spec?.

[paul7986]

CHOPppy Choppy Choppy ... ha ha ha a bit annoying i must say after watching/listening but I was trying to make a point and show that hey what's going on here and maybe they can fix before I disconnect Fios cause it's slower; oddly enough!