Verizon Home Internet?

Tomorrow i move in to a new apartment where i've gotten verizon as my
internet provider...

i want to add my airport express wifi though i'm wondering what method
i need to use in order to connect well and fast to the internet.
especially in a wifi sense.

does verizon implement using a login and password for the internet or
what? and whatever method is choosen, what do i need to do to get my
internet to go at a fast speed...wifi i mean of course. not ethernet
since ethernet itself would be at the highest speed alone. but there
will be 2 laptops in the apartment and just want good wifi speed...

....since at my folks' place they also had verizon and tried to use my
apple airport express there but just simply connected it to the
ethernet cable and the wifi speed was kinda slow as when compared to
regular other wifi networks.

At 09 Jul 2008 20:53:06 -0700 Bauer wrote:
> Tomorrow i move in to a new apartment where i've gotten verizon as my
> internet provider...


Apparently you missed the "cellular" in "alt.cellular.verizon."

> i want to add my airport express wifi though i'm wondering what method
> i need to use in order to connect well and fast to the internet.
> especially in a wifi sense.

Plug the airport into the DSL modem. There really aren't any other
options.

> does verizon implement using a login and password for the internet or
> what?

Generally that's stored in the DSL modem- this isn't a Starbucks or hotel
WiFi system. The authentication is done in the hardware.

> and whatever method is choosen, what do i need to do to get my
> internet to go at a fast speed...

Pay for faster connections? Verizon offers Verious speed tiers based on
the price you pay.

> wifi i mean of course. not ethernet
> since ethernet itself would be at the highest speed alone.

In reality, there's generally very little difference between ethernet and
WiFi for internet speed. Even older "B" WiFi can handle 10Mbps, and DSL is
rarely over 6 or 7Mbps. Transfering files over your home network from one
PC to another is where the ethernet will be faster.

> but there
> will be 2 laptops in the apartment and just want good wifi speed...
>
> ...since at my folks' place they also had verizon and tried to use my
> apple airport express there but just simply connected it to the
> ethernet cable and the wifi speed was kinda slow as when compared to
> regular other wifi networks.


What speed did your folks have? The cheaper tiers might be 512 or 768Kbps-
your WiFi wasn't the bottleneck.

In article <0531b7fd-d1cf-4358-97db-a575ae6a8711@79g2000hsk.googlegroups.com>,
Bauer says...
>
>Tomorrow i move in to a new apartment where i've gotten verizon as my
>internet provider...
>
>i want to add my airport express wifi though i'm wondering what method
>i need to use in order to connect well and fast to the internet.
>especially in a wifi sense.
>
>does verizon implement using a login and password for the internet or
>what? and whatever method is choosen, what do i need to do to get my
>internet to go at a fast speed...wifi i mean of course. not ethernet
>since ethernet itself would be at the highest speed alone. but there
>will be 2 laptops in the apartment and just want good wifi speed...
>
>...since at my folks' place they also had verizon and tried to use my
>apple airport express there but just simply connected it to the
>ethernet cable and the wifi speed was kinda slow as when compared to
>regular other wifi networks.
>


I think newer Airport Express's support 802.11 a,b,g, and draft n for your
wireless connectivity, so you should be covered there. Depending what type of
wireless hardware you have running on your laptops, that may limit whether you
can access with b,g or n.

As an example, I have an older AirPort Extreme that only supported 802.11b and
802.11g, but was new at the time. I had an older ibook that I picked up an
inexpensive AirPort 802.11b card for so I'm limited to the 802.11b performance.

ou812
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