http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r19582352 en Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:30:26 EDT Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:30:26 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19585175 BosstonesOwn : Yeah ? try living here and dealing with it , i get random outages out of no where , the dvr that after you surf 4 channels locks up for 4 minutes then shuts itself off. And all sorts of other little tricks.

The internet is almost as bad. check out my monitor and you see random spikes that kill net service. It's crzy and kills me for 5 minutes or so every couple of days.
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"It's always funny until someone gets hurt......and then it's absolutely friggin' hysterical!"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19585175 Sat, 08 Dec 2007 02:43:23 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19582447 Jerm : Well at least your Comcast 22 beats my 14 with Charter (gasp omg 19 w/ movie channels)! Louisiana Charter sounds like your New England Comcast. The rest of us get the shaft!

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19582447 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:47:44 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19582352 cypherstream : Verizon FIOS is the best in terms of internet speed, but TV is another story. Comcast and Verizon are about neck and neck in terms of HD channels. FiOS has MORE SD channels and better quality due to less compression. Comcast has a much nice VOD selection with HD-VOD. Then again Fios has Multi Room DVR and a nicer looking interface with widgets and games coming.

But you know what irks me is that all of these providers EXCEPT Comcast are publicly announcing their plans to expand their HD channel offerings. You had Cablevision announce they are up to 41 HD channels, Cox announcing an aggressive 1 GHz with SDV strategy for 50-100 HD channels, Charter announced they are up to 44 HD channels in Louisiana, and of course grand daddy of them all, DirecTV with all the HD content you can throw a stick at.

Comcast really needs to step up to the plate and get on the HD bandwagon. When e-mailing support, they still send canned responses from 2005 stating that HD is not a priority because not many people have HDTV's.

I would give Verizon a chance, despite their numerous billing mistakes, video stuttering and other bugs. In the end I would settle on whichever company fits my needs. Comcast almost fits my needs, but only 22 HD channels when many other providers offer double that is a farcry from being worth $200 a month.

Perhaps it's just the poor management with Comcast in my area. That's the thing with cable... each area is a hit or a miss. Comcast is awesome in the New England region. It's almost like they are 2 completely different companies. That's something they need to work on. CONSISTENT service wouldn't make them look so 'iffy'. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19582352 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:32:16 EDT