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Anyone got this service and what do you think of it. Also what about their Media Manager HD DVR compared to a normal HD DVR?

Same question for FIOS internet, but I am more interested in the TV aspect.

I an thinking about dumping Comcast broadband and cable TV as I can save a decent amount each month <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="text-decoration: underline">and</span></span> get another 45 movie channels. Of course it is all academic some days as there are still times when there is nothing worth watching; which is when the DVR pays off.
 
Well, at least here in eastern Connecticut I've never even heard of FIOS. Sorry.

But I can tell you that Charter 5mbps internet is $54/mo here. And we have no alternative. Sorry 'bout that too!

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Well, I fired "cable TV" over two decades ago. Stuffed a stick inna air and got two PBS channels and fifteen others. Used a modem and later DSL for 'net access. I live within a stone's throw of the switch so copper was fine. The amount of money to have DSL, phone, and a seperate long distance carrier came to MORE than FiOS when they ran the fiber thru this subdivision with basic TV included. FiOS is HOT, TV is whatever and the phone bill is less than it used to be.

I see it as too much TV for FREE, and the other two services are ~included~ now.
 
Live in a valley - no antenna decent reception possible.

DSL switch three miles away - no copper broadband.

Cable TV (basic) is $65/mo; cable internet another $54.

So I dropped cable tv and got DishTV - basic is $19/mo. Kept the cable internet (no other option).

Funny - in 2006 cable internet here offered 3mbps for $29/mo and a 3-month trial of 5mbps for an extra $5. At the end of the trial the 5meg service ramped up to $44. So I called Charter Cable and asked to be returned to the 3meg at $29.

"Sorry - we've just discontinued the 3meg service". So I was stuck with the $44/mo 5meg ... which was then upped to $54/mo within another 3 months.

Doncha love it!

T.
 
Here they laid fiber last August. Our phone was 80 bucks (!) and DSL was $28. FiOS "bundle" $99... so I figure we have "free" TV now. Upload speed is what DSL down was! I don't really have machines capable of utilising it effectively. :wink:

yeah, when the sales weasel came around it was made clear if I sign up I can't go back to copper.
 
Around here I need to stay on cable to get local sports. The three minor league baseball teams have their broadcasts originated by cable companies, half of the Phillies games are on Comcast stations, and Lehigh University sports and local High School sports are all on Service Electric cable. We use Service Electric and they carry all of these in our package. SECTV was the inventor of Cable up in Mahanoy City not far from here. Service Electric was an appliance store that ran a cable to the mountain so they could set up an antenna and show there TV's in the showroom. Soon after people bought TV's from them they wanted to hook up to their "cable" so that they could get the few shows as well. The founder, John Walson (nee Walsonovich), lived just down the street from me until his death, and his widow still maintains the mansion.
 
Clarksville is in process of installing this:

https://www.clarksvillede.com/Packaging.pdf

Thinking about it, as we have cable TV, and not entirely satisfied. Too many trees to get satellite.

Any downsides to fiber optics?
 
Only downside I can voice is since I only had an antenna before for the TV, there are now TOO MANY channels. :smirk:
 
Don't worry, when it all goes to digital broadcasting next year, you won't even have those channels Doc.
 
DrEntropy said:
yeah, when the sales weasel came around it was made clear if I sign up I can't go back to copper.
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Didn't realize that. Has the phone service been reliable? Any issues with 911?
 
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Only downside I can voice is since I only had an antenna before for the TV, there are now TOO MANY channels. :smirk:
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Don't fret Doc, in a few months you can retrieve your initial investment on the TV antenna by selling it as a historical item!
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So far it's fine, Ian. We'll see. 911 works the same as always. If power is off for longer than eight hours there may be a problem as the "translator" is powered at each end of the connection. A generator or spare battery may be an answer to that.
 
No worries on the 911 issue I'd think. Cell phone 911 is pretty reliable in a residence nowadays, even if the mains power is gone.

Careful on that ladder when you're adding those 500+ new channels!

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I'm still watching the dancing girls using the "older technology" m'self ...

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Aw come on Doc, You must have a few back up puter battrys around. They will work.
 
Well I had Verizon FIOS installed on Monday and so far so good. I was very impressed with their communication after I ordered the service. They either e-mailed or phoned me after step. They called the night before to confirm that the tech would be arriving between 08:30 and 09:00; yea right. He phoned on the morning at 08:25 to say that he would be arriving at 09:00 and he did. He checked out all the Comcast cables and re-did them if they had weak signal strength. The low def picture quality is much better than Comcast, although it doesn't look quite as good as it did on the old CRT set. Also, I think that our high def images are even better than we had with Comcast, and they looked great before.

"Her indoors" is having to get used to the new on-screen guide, but we're getting there. The main issue is that after many years of Comcast, just about all the channel numbers have changed, but I like the fact that they group them together by news, sports, movies etc.

Just an FYI in case anyone else is thinking of switching.
 
Did it back in August. My big consideration was the broadband access. I've not been disappointed. The rest is "gravy" to me.
 
Doc, Did you get the 3,5 or 15 download speeds?
 
Just ran a test and got 15,105 kb/s down and 1,835 kb/s up. Not too shabby.
 
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