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Re: A change from the Norm...What do you LIKE about FiOS

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1 - HBO/Showtime On Demand included in packages
2 - Not Cablevision
3 - Price value for TV alone
4 - Price Value for Internet
5 - (HD is not an issue for me, dont have an HDTV) - more channels than cablevision tier for tier

Apparently CV is getting a bad rap on here :-p

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1. PQ of SD Movie channels is much better then Cablevision.

2. Having channels Cablevision does not offer, ESPN U, NFLN,
CNNi, ABC News Now, Discovery Health, Fit TV,and DIY.

3. Only one outage of local channels only since service install in April.

4. Only one outage of internet service.

5. Though not directly related Verizon Voice Wing VOIP phone service works great via FIOS.

6. DD 5.1 audio on SD Movie Channels.

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Rock solid service - no outages
30/5 internet is really 30/5! Comcast upload was
at best 768k and their internet really got slow
around 5 - 6 PM every day.
Picture Quality beats comcast even on the local
channels which are SD.
All of the FIOS techs that I have seen (1 installer,
2 cable card installations) have been top-notch.

I'm still thinking. Don't rush me.

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their usenet service, while not as great as when I first signed up, is still the best of any ISP.

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For me, all the services have been solid once we got past the initial installs. Only 1 minor billing issue cropped up (so I carefully check the bill each month).

The phone service, the TV service and the Internet service have been rock solid. The multi-room DVR is a winner in the house whenever someone takes advantage of it.

At this moment, considering from start to finish, they'd get a 8.5 on a scale of 1 to 10.
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Staggeringly good picture quality.

Blazing fast Internet (with wireless router, which I didn't even know was part of the deal before the installer showed up with it).

Using the DVR -- which ain't as cool as my kid's Tivo but, considering that I had nothing like it before, ain't bad.

Getting to watch DVR shows in other rooms. That is really cool. [If only there were a way to see the HD content on other SD sets in the house, even if only downsampled in some fashion, but I know the SD STBs just don't do that. Maybe someday...]

And, in my case, the fact that IMG 2.0 hasn't gotten to my area yet. [Sorry, couldn't resist.]

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1 It's not cablevision
2 Real internet speed all the time.
3 Kids love the free kids stuff on demand.
4 Wife likes the weather widgets.
5 Series recording option.
6 Multiroom DVR
7 Did i say Its not cablevision.

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But, why put that "nothing nice" in this thread? There are plenty of threads about DVR issues. But, count me as one who has none. We've had FIOS TV for almost 2 months, and the DVR has recorded everything we've wanted it to, the PQ is outstanding, there are more chnnels than anyone could ever find the time to watch, the Verizon installers were great (and the new cabling inside and out is rock solid), FIOS internet is outstanding and super-fast (Verizon with MSN Premium, Verizon Rhapsody, Verizon gameroom, etc. is wonderful) the phone service is tremendous, and the wireless is terrific and reliable. True, FIOS TV doesn't have Space Ghost or Dukes Of Hazzard in stretched-out HD lite, but I can live with that. Mark F.