It seems that my location in metro Orlando now has Fiber+ Internet available with four speeds from 50Mb/s at $130 to 1Gb/s at $459. This seems to be an enterprise service. When I check the address on the small business site, I get xDSL with 10Mb/s as the only option (same as residential).
The previous occupant had 100Mb/s over fiber at the location, but when I have checked previously I never got anything other than xDSL offers. Just to make sure it was not a fluke, I checked the neighboring building (they never had fiber) and they get a notice that says there is fiber in the area, but they need to call to see what options are available. I also checked a few buildings in downtown Orlando that I know have CenturyLink or old Level(3) fiber and they all come up with the same offer.
On the enterprise site, it talks about Metro Ethernet, Dedicated Internet and Fiber+ Internet. I know what Metro Ethernet is, but I am unclear what the other two are. I would have guessed it was xPON, but given the service in downtown where CenturyLink is not the ILEC, that clearly is not it. I just haven’t seen them offer what seems to be real commercial service with website pricing.
My questions are:
1) Can anyone tell me what Fiber+ Internet is and the difference between it and Dedicated Internet Access from CenturyLink?
2) Does anyone know if speeds over 1Gb/s are available as part of the service offering, or since it is not listed, is it a different (and I would guess) more expensive per megabit option?
3) Does anyone know how likely it is that if I place an order, I will get service turned up quickly, as opposed to someone saying: “Ooops, that address really is not available, sorry.”? :-(
4) Finally, does anyone know if I can get blocks of IPv4 addresses from CenturyLink for it, does Fiber+ Internet support IPv6, and does it support BGP routing?
I called the sales number and was told someone would call me back (a day later I am still waiting).
I am sure I have many other questions, but these seem like a good start. :—)
Thanks in advance.
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