jarablue
Always be true to yourself
join:2001-06-11
Worcester, MA | Jealous
Cablevision is scared and it is showing right now. |
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youngo
join:2001-07-03
2 edits | "Verizon charges phone customers $44.95 for download speeds up to 15 megabits per second, the same price Cablevision charges cable TV customers for speeds up to 10 mbps."
with all that rollout, i hope fios is at least capable of 100mbps... symetrically. |
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rawgerz
In Debt we trust
Premium
join:2004-10-03
Grove City, PA | "They are indeed afraid of competition."
kinda like how verizon has those anti muni campaigns against wifi on a state wide level? hmmm;)
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cao1964
join:2000-08-09
Danville, PA | Inpact Insignificant
To say that rolling out FIOS is insignificant tell me they really don't care about the customer but then why would you if people did not have a choice, for me I will so glad to see more FIOS out there for people to choose from. |
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Jeffrey
too dark too early
Premium
join:2002-12-24
Dix Hills,NY
clubs:
 ·Optimum Online
 ·Verizon FIOS
 ·Vonage
·magicjack.com
| reply to youngo
Re: Jealous
I have been an extremely satisifed Optimum Online customer (I hate Cablevision, but I love Optimum Online) since December of 1999. However, in the last 18 months, email issues, Cablevision violating their own "Terms of Service" regarding their server-side SpamAway product, capping, throttling, and other sneaky maneuvers made be look for an alternative where I would not suffer a degredation in speed or service. Until this year, there was nothing. (Optimum Online's uptime is fantastic--I honestly don't remember the last time I lost connection, it has to be 12+ months, and speed, well, that has slowed down a bit from getting 10Mbits/sec all the time to getting 10Mbits/sec during off-peak hours).
FIOS is here, and my install is set for the middle of the month.
Thanks CV for 5 years of great service.
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Tomek
Premium
join:2002-01-30
Brooklyn, NY
·Packet8
| CableVision, lower prices, then we talk
So far Verizon gives good deal on FIOS. No required bundling and low price. Even their DSL looks terrible. I pay $85 for DSL, including local, LD. With cable it would be around $90 (cable, equipment, VoIP). Just wait when FIOS deploys in the cities. And also Fiber will offer better future expansion, like faster speeds (somebody can tell me how fast is single fiber channel).
And where do you get those announcements from?
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CV user
@optonline.net
| Can't wait for CV to stop screwing the customers
Finally some competition for a monopoly that screws it's customers on a daily basis with hidden fees, overpriced services, regular price increases. FIOS here I come, it is being deployed on the local streets as I write this. Relief cannot come soon enough! |
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bigpapae35
join:2002-10-25
Great Neck, NY
1 edit | I have verizon fios installed in my house on long island, and I have been much more satisfied then the horrible service that is being provided by cablevision with their pathetic broadband offering (capping/throttling, packet loss)
I get my full promised connection with fios, constantly below 10ms ping times, an excellent of 2Mbs upload speed, zero packet loss, and a very low price, very stable connection, free ONT battery backup.
I reccomended fios to all my friends, and those who have gotten it have been satisfied thus far.
I plan on subscribing to their TV service in the fall, and I can imagine that cablevision may not be pissin in their pants right now, but after verizon finishes all the major markets in the next 5 years, they can take a nice slice of the cable tv market. |
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Dirtyping
join:2001-10-30
West Haverstraw, NY
| Maybe now Cablevision will try to compete with Verizon by offering static IP, static IP blocks, unrestrict EULA to allow servers, remove upload/download caps and also in price. I also do not see how existing DOCSIS technology can compete with FIOS unless they upgrade their network.
Anyone could have seen this coming and it reeks of incompetence of Cablevision management not recognize their competition. |
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guy3685
join:2001-08-27
Patchogue, NY
clubs: | Does FIOS support servers?
If I can run a server on it then I'll switch. Otherwise optonline is good enough...Whats the need for more than 10M down. |
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xirian
Premium
join:2003-01-26
Beacon, NY
| said by guy3685  :If I can run a server on it then I'll switch. Otherwise optonline is good enough...Whats the need for more than 10M down. on the business plan, which I believe is $100/m, they do. Faster than bool and they actually give you a static ip if I remember correctly. |
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mooo222
@adelphia.net | Screw them
Until they are in San Diego. |
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kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY | Good news
Cool news. I hope they reach Brooklyn soon, say late summer latest - then we can talk about my new setup, SE....  |
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insomniac84
join:2002-01-03
Schererville, IN | reply to youngo
Re: Jealous
If you know anything about fiber, you would know fios is capable of a lot more than 100mbps symmetrically. |
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thongsai
join:2002-07-04
Santa Rosa, CA
| HMM
isnt weird how verizon can roll out more expensive fiber quicker than sbc's cheaper fttp..? oh well hope all verizon area will subscribe to show sbc that fiber is the way to go now and tomorrow
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FluckVerizon
@comcast.net
| Verizon is so LAME!
They sat around picking their asses for a decade ,and they stull cant set me up with a crappy DSL line @3000 feet from a fully equipped CO. Verizon will cherry pick FIOS areas and roll it out pronto,But I'm afraid that the rest of us will have to wait thirty or forty years to get it.
/me salutes Cablevision for pissin' em off! |
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Jeffrey
too dark too early
Premium
join:2002-12-24
Dix Hills,NY
clubs: | reply to insomniac84
Re: Jealous
No kidding. Thats why I suggested to the previous poster, why stop at 10mbit.
If you'd know anything about sarcasm, you wouldn't have replied. |
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ablack6596
join:2005-01-28
Scarsdale, NY | reply to FluckVerizon
Re: Verizon is so LAME!
You have fun with your cable connection. I'll soon be using my Fios which destroys OOL. |
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BosstonesOwn
join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
clubs:
·Comcast
| reply to Tomek
Re: CableVision, lower prices, then we talk
said by Tomek :So far Verizon gives good deal on FIOS. No required bundling and low price. Even their DSL looks terrible. I pay $85 for DSL, including local, LD. With cable it would be around $90 (cable, equipment, VoIP). Just wait when FIOS deploys in the cities. And also Fiber will offer better future expansion, like faster speeds (somebody can tell me how fast is single fiber channel). And where do you get those announcements from? Newest fiber technology is pushing 1.7 gig per shade. But the equipment is very expensive. They don't make to many announcements as it would give a heads up to their competitors. Lucent/Bell labs is a great innovator and so is agilent. Other companies though do push the envelope but those 2 only come to my mind at the moment.
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EO50
join:2005-01-23
united state
| reply to jarablue
Re: Jealous
Although at this point it is 5 megs faster for the same price, it isn't fast enough for me to want to switch. OOL has been very stable for me. If they increase the speed more I will think about it, but right now 5 megs isn't enough for me to want Verizon drilling holes on the side of my house and making me rewire my network. The average user has little reason to switch as it can be a pain to take four hours out of your day to have the appointment. They will have better luck with new homeowner or apartment renters who will be first getting a service and looking for a value than with switching established customers of OOL. Eventually this will eat into the OOL customer base, so OOL should start offering a better package if they want to stay competitive. |
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