Verizon has agreements with 21 cities to install the network.

“Rancho, Upland and Claremont do not fit in that category (of diverse, underserved cities) … So those are the three cities we had to pull back,” George said.

The installation was stopped in December.

Work had started in southern Claremont as well as Upland and was about to start in Rancho Cucamonga.

FiOS installation was completed in about 20 to 40 percent of south Claremont and Upland, George said.

“The fourth quarter of 2009 was when we were set and ready to go when it got pulled,” George said.

George said he did not know when the FiOS installation would begin again in Claremont, Upland and Rancho Cucamonga.

“I was hoping for 2010, but obviously that didn’t happen,” he said. “Now in 2011, we won’t know until the fourth quarter, or December, if we’ve satisfied our commitments. If not 2011, it just keeps going on down the line.”

Verizon FiOS is a bundled communications service - consisting of Internet, telephone, and TV - operating over a fiber-optic communications network.

Running speed tests on my Charter internet service using InternetFrog speed test has always indicated accurate speeds  How do I know that this service is accurate?  I download files from a server that has a very high speed  broadband connection, calculating the time it takes for a know file size I get the speed. I check that calculation against the InternetFrog report and they compare with 5%.

Now the fraud on Charters part comes in: I pay for 3Meg down and 500K upload. I have had problems in the past when my download speed deteriorates getting Charter to deliver what I pay for.  The last with the assitance of intervention by a city official they finally split the node I was on to get the speed up.  The result is the fewer customers on the node the more bandwidth available for each user.

Here we go again, the speed had deteriorated to 300~400 kbps download with the much heralded upload speed now exceeding the down.

Charter chat help is contacted, the least costly to them, and they declare that I do not have a problem after testing my modem signal strength and sending me to a Charter online bogus speed test site HERE. I am asked to report the results and they Charter declares that I do not have a problem Goodbye!

This site reports seeds they may reelect what the entire node could get but is a fraud in measuring the individual customers speed, REPORTING 7 Meg Dn and 1Meg up.

I test my connection again using the independent service, and time another download and find I still have only 300 ~ 400 kbps speed.

Next I call the tech support which connects my to the usual condescending customer rep, restating my issue and giving him the background of what I have done so far. He tells my to forget the Charter speed test site and sends me to another site  2Wire,com This site site reports a fraction of the speed on the Charter site & Meg vs. 1.2 Meg still more that the InternetFrog site.  The rep declares that I have a problem and I must restart my computer in “Safe Mode” to run more tests, stating that that condition could report higher speeds.  I asked what will be accomplished by testing in a mode that I cannot use in practice and then the phone connection went dead.

Test your Download speed with the three online services and see if you are getting what you pay for.

Charter Speed test site: http://spt01mtpkca.mtpk.ca.charter.com/

Charters Tech recommended speed test site: http://2wire.com/bandwidth/results.php?kbps=1339.7&downloadtime=10.158&KB=1661.25&recorded=1

The only site that reflects the real world caluclated speed: http://internetfrog.com/mypc/speedtest/

As many of you have guessed my speed go up to the advertised speed in the middle of the night when the load on my node is lowest.

Senior Civil Engineer

City of Rancho Cucamonga

Here is his last estimate:

Comment from Jack | Edit comment
Time: June 19, 2008, 2:59 pm

“Last week, I had occasion to see Mr. Gary George, area rep for Verizon who still informs us that their project is on line to start at year end. It is in verizon’s’s hands at this time.”

Jack Lam

A total of 889 Rancho Cucamonga properties were in the foreclosure process on Nov. 2, 2008, according to reports compiled from county records for the First American CoreLogic database.

Whether you are buying or selling real estate in cities along the 210 Freeway from San Dimas to Fontana, or in Ontario, Montclair or Chino, I will be happy to assist you.

Ila Josephs, an associate Realtor with Tarbell, Realtors, prepares weekly reports for her website, www.ilajosephs.com, surveying home market activity in the Inland Empire cities of Chino, Claremont, Fontana, La Verne, Montclair, Ontario, Pomona, Rancho Cucamonga, San Dimas and Upland. For more information, call Ila at (909) 261-3541.

A total of 883 Rancho Cucamonga properties were in the foreclosure process on Oct. 19, 2008, according to reports compiled from county records for the First American CoreLogic database. 

The weekly market activity report below is streamlined for a quick view of home listings, sales and leases available. I hope this will is convenient and helpful. Please contact me if you would like additional information. The figures were compiled from data provided by the Inland Multi-Regional Multiple Listing Service.

Ila Josephs, an associate Realtor with Tarbell, Realtors, prepares weekly reports for her website, www.ilajosephs.com, surveying home market activity in the cities of Chino, Claremont, Fontana, La Verne, Montclair, Ontario, Pomona, Rancho Cucamonga, San Dimas and Upland. For more information, call Ila at (909) 261-3541.

The market activity report below is streamlined for a quick view of home listings, sales and leases available. I hope this will is convenient and helpful. Please contact Ila if you would like additional information. Figures from last week are included.

The figures were compiled from data provided by the Inland Multi-Regional Multiple Listing Service.  

Ila Josephs, an associate Realtor with Tarbell, Realtors, prepares weekly reports for her website, www.ilajosephs.com, surveying home market activity in the cities of Chino, Claremont, Fontana, La Verne, Montclair, Ontario, Pomona, Rancho Cucamonga, San Dimas and Upland. For more information, call Ila at (909) 261-3541.

Six months ago, on March 30, 2008, there were 956 previously owned homes listed for sale, 25 percent more than the current 769 homes now available. Some of the homes listed then, short sales, will be returning to the market, marked down by the lenders who now own them. 

It is now possible to find a good selection of 3-bedroom, 2-bath homes built in the last 20 years and priced well under $300,000. 

The market activity report below is streamlined for a quick view of home listings, sales and leases available. I hope this will is convenient and helpful. Please contact Ila if you would like additional information. Figures from last week are included.

The figures were compiled from data provided by the Inland Multi-Regional Multiple Listing Service. 

Ila Josephs, an associate Realtor with Tarbell, Realtors, prepares weekly reports for her website, www.ilajosephs.com, surveying home market activity in the cities of Chino, Claremont, Fontana, La Verne, Montclair, Ontario, Pomona, Rancho Cucamonga, San Dimas and Upland. For more information, call Ila at (909) 261-3541.

This years tournament was a great success with the performance of OPARC clients the highlight of the evening. Proceeds from the tournament help fund the Speech Pathology Program for OPARC clients.  The performance by the clients participating in the program is a chance for tournament sponsors and golfers to see how their support directly affects client’s lives. OPARC has facilities serving over 700 clients in the Inland Empire with a new facility opening later this year in San Bernardino. A new facility had opened earlier this year in Rancho Cucamonga.

The tournament will be featured in the next edition of Inland Living Magazine.

For more information on the tournament and its sponsors visit the OPARCgolf tournament web site. There you will find information on the program the tournament supports with links to OPARC.org main sites.

 Ila Josephs, an associate Realtor with Tarbell, Realtors, prepares weekly reports for her website, www.ilajosephs.com, surveying home market activity in the cities of Chino, Claremont, Fontana, La Verne, Montclair, Ontario, Pomona, Rancho Cucamonga, San Dimas and Upland. For more information, call Ila  at (909) 261-3541.

Whether you are buying or selling real estate in cities along the 210 Freeway from San Dimas to Fontana, or in Ontario, Montclair or Chino ,Ila will be happy to assist you.