NY Tel
Premium
join:2004-04-09
Smithtown, NY
 ·VOIPo
 ·Verizon FIOS
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April 8th, @09:42AM
| Clarification
The decision to do this earlier puts them in a better competitive position. They utilize the bandwidth reclaimed for more channels, better HD - whatever and they allow their customers to continue to receive channels by handing out the boxes.
Now the letter I received did not specify free boxes to just analog customers but it spelled out specifically how I could get "free equipment" to be able to view analog channels on any of my TV's where there is no "paid Set-top-box".
So I have one HD-DVR and 3 analog box converters.
It remains to be seen how the billing will shake out and I am sure most of the users here will report their status as soon as it starts to occur (good or bad).
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RadioDoc
Sortofadog
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11
Chicago, IL
 ·AT&T Midwest
| This is exactly how Comcast and the other cable companies should handle the analog-to-digital conversion, instead of bending over their longest-term customers and forcing Yet Another Comcast Add-on Fee on them. Take the one-time hit, hand out the boxes for free and get it over with.
Good for Verizon. If only they could get their billing shit together they'd be stellar. |
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NY Tel
Premium
join:2004-04-09
Smithtown, NY
·VOIPo
·Verizon FIOS
| said by RadioDoc  :This is exactly how Comcast and the other cable companies should handle the analog-to-digital conversion, instead of bending over their longest-term customers and forcing Yet Another Comcast Add-on Fee on them. Take the one-time hit, hand out the boxes for free and get it over with. Good for Verizon. If only they could get their billing shit together they'd be stellar. Yeah - look at my billing issue post here..... |
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
·AT&T U-Verse
·AT&T CallVantage
·Time Warner VOIP
 ·RoadRunner Cable
·DSL EXTREME
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April 9th, @02:08AM
| reply to NY Tel
said by NY Tel :The decision to do this earlier puts them in a better competitive position. They utilize the bandwidth reclaimed for more channels, better HD - whatever and they allow their customers to continue to receive channels by handing out the boxes. Fantastic first post. This article makes it sound as if Verizon is doing some noble deed ahead of schedule. With DirecTV ushering in a new era of HD channel quantities, the simple fact is that cable (and FIOS, which at the moment, is running cable's set top technolgies, along with their spectral limitations) sorely needs that analog spectrum to offer something comparable. For each analog channel they can get 2, sometimes 3 HD channels.
I would not be surprised to see cable companies dump all but the most basic lineup of analog channels very soon. They've pretty much been trying to get people to migrate to digital anyway. Its much easier to upsell services once the box is in the home. |
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