Verizon FiOS is Fast... But Slow

March 14, 2012

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