alfnoid
Premium,MVM
join:2002-02-18 | How much?
And the cost for all of this is????? |
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Lee GWB
Yaco
Premium
join:2001-10-13
Allendale, NJ
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| Awesome!
Hi,
I have FIOS in Allendale NJ. I had it for about a month and only minor hiccups while I was trying to tweak it.
I'm told we shall have the video option in a few weeks. Since I have Directv I will have a tough choice deciding what to do. My family loves DTV and since we do not have HDTV. I may keep my sat. But as a few of my friends here on line know I switch my Broadband/Cable choices quite often. Maybe I'll see if it has the 30 MB guarantee 
Lee
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Topmounter
Sent By Grocery Clerks
join:2001-02-20
Evergreen, CO | You should get Cable as well and have a 3-way BAKE-OFF!!!
Regardless, I wouldn't cancel the DirecTV until I saw SBC-TV in action for a month or two.
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mishaq
Premium
join:2004-01-24
Richardson, TX
clubs: | Fantastic
I can't wait, back in Maryland I'll add this to my FIOS the instant it's available. Take that ComCrap
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jesseb_66
join:2002-12-06
Tucson, AZ | 6 recordings at once??!?!?
Wow that would be sweet. Two would be nice enough, stupid TiVo... Wish I was moving to a place where FIOS installs were going on. |
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DaneJasper
Sonic.Net
Premium,VIP
join:2001-08-20
Santa Rosa, CA
clubs:
| said by jesseb_66  :Wow that would be sweet. Two would be nice enough, stupid TiVo... Wish I was moving to a place where FIOS installs were going on. If only there was anything worth WATCHING!
Reality bites.
-Dane |
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JSRoman
Premium
join:2005-03-10
Callahan, FL
| He forgot Cook and clean.
Sounds nice. Record 6 channels at same time, got to call BS on that one or at least great marketing. I understand that FIOS is the newest and greatest but can we all just wait and see what Verizon actually offers for video before we start praising them to the heavens. |
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Gokou2k3
join:2003-08-05
Tehachapi, CA
| reply to DaneJasper
Re: 6 recordings at once??!?!?
Nothing worth watching, on cable and satellite. 300 channels is too much anyway, if you honestly have all day to switch through 300 channels, then I'm sorry to say this, but you have NO life. And SBC, where are you? Verizon is ready to launch its tv service and SBC hasen't even started to deploy its crappy lightspeed yet  |
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Neil
Stop All The Downloadin
join:2003-08-20
New York, NY | 6 programs?
Does a 30mb FIOS line provide enough bandwidth to record 6 HD programs at once? Or is that where the phrase "up to" comes in? |
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subman87
Another day in the Brentwood
join:2000-11-24
Harrison, NY
| M$ involved with Fios TV
Looks like the boys
News Release
Looks like Gates & Co. have there hands on this as well.
Verizon Selects Microsoft TV As Platform for FiOS TV Service
NEW YORK - Verizon announced today that it will use the Microsoft TV platform for the commercial rollout of Verizon’s FiOS TV service, planned for later this year.
The Microsoft TV platform will support high-definition television, digital video recording and on-demand programming offered by Verizon on the FiOS platform. In addition, it will provide FiOS TV customers with an interactive programming guide that is attractive, intuitive and easy to use. Verizon and its third-party partners will use the Microsoft software to add advanced applications for future FiOS TV services, differentiating Verizon in the marketplace and bringing consumers the benefits of voice, video and data convergence.
“With FiOS TV, Verizon will be able to offer its customers more channels, more choices and great value,” said Bob Ingalls, president of Verizon’s Retail Markets Group. “The Microsoft TV platform not only provides us with advanced digital TV capabilities that are designed to serve the millions of Verizon subscribers we ultimately expect will choose FiOS TV, but it gives us virtually unlimited potential to evolve our interactive services into the most seamlessly integrated offering in the industry.”
In addition to the robust television offering to be launched later this year, Verizon’s FiOS platform gives consumers faster data speeds, and crystal-clear voice, as well as innovative new services and applications, via a single broadband connection directly to the home. FiOS TV will use the Microsoft TV software platform and Motorola hardware platform to provide an expanded channel lineup, high-definition programming and hundreds of video-on- demand titles. FiOS TV will not only offer customers advanced digital TV services, but it will also enable Verizon to provide future video applications based on Internet Protocol (IP) technology.
The Microsoft TV platform will work in parallel with Verizon’s iobi service-delivery platform, which allows information to be shared across many different networks, applications and devices.
While specific FiOS TV applications are still under development, Verizon could use the capabilities of both platforms to enable customers to:
* Personalize their interactive programming guide, search through content, and schedule recording easily and efficiently from their personal computers and other connected devices.
* Incorporate IP content, personal media and communications seamlessly into the viewing experience. For example, consumers could use their TV screen to play music or view photos stored on a computer.
* Integrate entertainment services with communications and data applications across televisions, PCs, handhelds, gaming platforms and wireless phones.
A key component of the Microsoft TV platform is the Microsoft .NET architecture, which supports applications on Verizon’s iobi platform as well as applications from third-party developers. The flexible .NET framework gives Verizon an opportunity to broaden its range of applications and services for customers while also opening up new revenue streams to grow its business in ways that leverage the unique advantages of the Verizon network.
“Microsoft understands IP and the possibilities of two-way broadband connectivity like no one else in the television software business. We believe they are best positioned to help us leverage the bandwidth that FiOS will bring to the home,” Ingalls said. |
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stevech1
join:2005-01-08 | content
GTE's Cerritos fiber to the home, what, 15 years ago, concluded: Neat, but no attractive content. |
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aztecnology
O Rly?
Premium
join:2003-02-12
Murrieta, CA
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to Neil
Re: 6 programs?
said by Neil :Does a 30mb FIOS line provide enough bandwidth to record 6 HD programs at once? Or is that where the phrase "up to" comes in? That 30mb portion of the pipe is only for internet, there's plenty of pipe leftover for television...
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danawhitaker
Space...The Final Frontier
Premium
join:2002-03-02
Urbandale, IA
·MSN
 ·Mediacom
| reply to Gokou2k3
Re: 6 recordings at once??!?!?
"Nothing worth watching, on cable and satellite. 300 channels is too much anyway, if you honestly have all day to switch through 300 channels, then I'm sorry to say this, but you have NO life."
Why is it people like you always have to try and come along and crap on someone's parade? Worthwhile television is in the eyes of the beholder. While there are many shows I think are utter garbage, there are people who enjoy them. And there are many shows that I genuinely enjoy and watch and follow on a regular basis (i.e. Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, and Battlestar Galactica currently). As for having 300 channels, no one said that people have to spend all day flipping through them. But the option is nice. I can burn through the expanded basic while channel surfing in the course of about two minutes max, and that's 75 channels. There are a lot of good, informational scientific programs that I can't currently get unless I bump up to digital that are probably included in this. While I might not have the time to sit and watch them all, that's where the recording device comes into question. It removes the time factor. Some of us also genuinely enjoy television. There are plenty of hobbies other people have that I find downright ridiculous, but it's not up to me how you spend your spare time.
If they price this right, it could easily sell a lot of people on switching to FIOS who might not otherwise see a compelling reason to do so. But between the increased speeds, the massive channel offerings, and the ability to record that many shows at once (not all of us live alone in a bubble, you know - ever argue with a significant other about what to watch?), I can't think of many reasons not to switch, especially if the price was good. If I could get 300 channels for a similar price to digital cable (which only has about half that), I'd do it in a heartbeat unless there were something terribly dysfunctional about the service itself. |
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Neil
Stop All The Downloadin
join:2003-08-20
New York, NY | reply to aztecnology
Re: 6 programs?
Oh, I think I was under the impression that this was an IPTV service. Thanks for clearing that up. |
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nixen
Rockin' the Boxen
Premium
join:2002-10-04
Alexandria, VA
·Cox HSI
·Speakeasy
| reply to Topmounter
Re: Awesome!
said by Topmounter :Regardless, I wouldn't cancel the DirecTV until I saw SBC-TV in action for a month or two. SBC-TV in New Jersey??
-tom
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liquidnw
join:2005-06-05
Bronx, NY
| reply to JSRoman
Re: He forgot Cook and clean.
Scientific atlanta has a box out now that can reccord 3 shows at once so considering the much greater banthwidth available I don't think 6 would be out of the question. Remember they have no analog channels and there telephone and net service don't use any of the 870 mhz cable system. |
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JohnA
Premium
join:2003-09-16
Pittsburgh, PA | Slow News Day???
Must be a slow news day. That post is from June 5th. |
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borredo
Premium
join:2004-03-29
Allentown, PA | reply to alfnoid
Re: How much?
As boosh sez...."BRING IT ON!" |
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entropy1
Premium
join:2002-09-25
 ·Millenicom
·Comcast
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
| reply to danawhitaker
Re: 6 recordings at once??!?!?
Why is it that people like you think that no one else is allowed to express an opinion? It really annoys me when people CRAP on others' opinions just because they don't like them.
I, myself, find most channels to be complete CRAP. I'm nowhere near a Verizon area and I may be jealous of the fiber, yes, but I still bet that most of those channels will be junk. |
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smcallah
join:2004-08-05
Home | Telling someone that they have no life is not really expressing an opinion.
It's more of an insult, opinion or not. |
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