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reply to fAcEtIOUs

Re: Faster internet but same prices for cable TV

reply to fAcEtIOUs
One think to keep in mind with FIOS, is that you are REQUIRED to use them for phone service also. Where Cable companies you do not have to use the. For Example, Cox Cable does not require you to purchase Thier phone package if you get Thier High Speed Internet or Cable.
With FIOS, you have to use Thier phone for Cable or Internet. No ifs, ands, or Buts..
my 2 cents.
john

That's news to me. I've been on FIOS in Rowlett, Texas, since Feb 2005. At the time, I was using Comcast digital phone service and was never even asked to switch to Verizon phone service when I requested their FIOS Internet service. Still haven't been, and still on Comcast phone.

reply to OtherJohn
I have FIOS Internet but I do not have Verizon telephone, I use Vonage, so much for your 2 cents

that is correct - each service can be purchased separately.

reply to OtherJohn
"THIER"??? LOL

"think" ??? LOL

reply to OtherJohn
your actually wrong. When I signed up for FIOS I did not have Verizon phone service and I don't have it now, I have Vonage, it is sweet!

reply to G_Poobah
You obviously have never operated an addressable controller before. Get a clue bud. Yeah you can do al-la-carte with every channel but then the number of services would bog the addressable controller down to a crippling halt and you'd have a useless controller system. Aside from that the billing addressability issues you'd be faced with would make any addressable engineer quit their job and work for Hannafords as a grocery bagger. It's not as simple and operationally manageable as you assume. Go take an addressable controller course at Moto and then repost your thoughts.
Dano
BTW have you ever heard of the words "Linear" or "VOD"? Linear is when the channel is sent all the time and VOD is when you request a video program on demand. To send a channel only when it is requested means you would have to realtime encode the program and make it available on demand - so much for the new years countdown or that winning goal by the Pats - you'll never be on time again in the VOD world - trust me, digital TV is linear...for now.

reply to G_Poobah
dude, you're making me sick. You obviously no squat about TeleVision Recieve Only, A-Synchronous Serial Interface, Multi Program Transport Streams, Motion Picture Experts Group Version 2 Numbers, Digital Multiplexors, Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces, Small Form Factor Pluggables, Cisco, Small Form Factor Pluggables, Smartstream Encryption Modulators, Digital Encryption Standard, Two Hundred Fifty six Quadrature Amplitude Modulation, Dense Wave Division Multiplexing,Fiber Optic Transport Mediums, Optical Network Terminals. Do you have a "duh" key on your keyboard? Or maybe an "anykey" to continue what you were doing before you started posting your uninformed knowledge? Spend your time elsewhere like a lemonade stand, you'd be seeing more people who are at the knowledge level you are obviously showing.
P.S. you're welcome for the class on acronyms
Humbly,
Someone who is just a tad more informed than you.

reply to Xela19115
cable companies don't DWDM their forward plant signal. The only reason they would is if they had two cable plants. One for the 1490 lambda and one for the 1550 lambda. It would be useless to DWDM a fiber when it is destined for one coaxial cable.

reply to fiberguy
have you ever written a check to a programming provider for a viewership of 1.6 million? Try figuring out how much you need to pay the food network and then discovery channel x only those customers who subscribe. Not just an addressability thing.

reply to G_Poobah
can you say VOD over IP? Select what you want, when you want it...sounds like VOD to me. And multiples...hmmm I have two browsers open right now.

reply to G_Poobah
oh yeah...I forgot to mention that thing called CAS, but you probably thought that meant condition access system - WRONG, and it works well with IP.