Re: public access in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20493302 en Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:56:39 EDT Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:56:39 EDT Re: public access http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20497698 Technogeez : I get the difference, but the key word is "public." If a citizen wants to be on TV, they can go to the council meeting and complain about something on camera. As for the "Wayne's World" channels, we're lucky to NOT have that level of programming...
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said by Technogeez See Profile :

No public access? I get the city council channel, the county commissioner channel, a local science channel, two PBS stations, a local Spanish language channel... the only thing FiOS doesn't give me that cable did is a 24-hour local news channel.

Not robust? All the nationals, all the locals, many in HD and with SD picture quality that looks better than the HD on BriteHouse.

I'm sorry you didn't like it, but I don't have a problem with FiOS.
Actually those are PEG (without the "P") channels not public access. Public access channels are channels that have citizen produced content. On Comcast's public access channel (channel 80 here) there were actually many infomercials but also some citizen produced content. Some were good and some were bad but many were somewhat entertaining nonetheless. I actually liked the commercials (most were for products or services that were made by some small businesses) and were not of the quality of the more professional infomercials. I actually found many of them funny and laughed while they were on.

Here in Prince George's County Verizon does not have a public access channel.

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said by Technogeez See Profile :

No public access? I get the city council channel, the county commissioner channel, a local science channel, two PBS stations, a local Spanish language channel... the only thing FiOS doesn't give me that cable did is a 24-hour local news channel.

Not robust? All the nationals, all the locals, many in HD and with SD picture quality that looks better than the HD on BriteHouse.

I'm sorry you didn't like it, but I don't have a problem with FiOS.
BB & YMMV... acronyms to know.. Buyer beware & Your Mileage May Vary.. One thing is for sure, the FIOS experience is not homogeneous across the footprint. I say buyer beware because Verizon and many other companies really make it tough for you to cancel service once you subscribe to it. I had some billing issues and nonsense when I canceled.. so maybe Verizon is doing right by a certain segment of the FIOS customer base.. but I don't have enough information to say whether this is a majority or minority case.. but seeing as Verizon more closely monitors these forums; extremely negative comments seem to get swatted down more aggressively than in the past. Who knows what that means.. (Comcast & Cablevision are also known to troll for comments that seem to cost them customers) Fortunately, I tolerate no crap especially because I know what I'm talking about am not a newbie in all things telecom. Even though my screen name says my account is from 2004.. I've been on this forum when it was in its infancy around 1997. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20495333 Fri, 16 May 2008 20:03:40 EDT Re: public access http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20494882 Frank : i've got several local public access channels in NJ via fios.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20494882 Fri, 16 May 2008 18:32:02 EDT Re: public access http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20494793 Technogeez : No public access? I get the city council channel, the county commissioner channel, a local science channel, two PBS stations, a local Spanish language channel... the only thing FiOS doesn't give me that cable did is a 24-hour local news channel.

Not robust? All the nationals, all the locals, many in HD and with SD picture quality that looks better than the HD on BriteHouse.

I'm sorry you didn't like it, but I don't have a problem with FiOS.
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They have public access channels in MA as well.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20493829 Fri, 16 May 2008 15:13:40 EDT Re: public access http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20493302 Teasip : I've got public access in N. Texas.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20493302 Fri, 16 May 2008 13:39:31 EDT public access http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20493260 tmc8080 : They're also in no rush to provide local public access channels even though they collect municipal excise fees based upon percentage of the subscription fees; typically 2-5% extra in addition to the per month charge less any bundling discounts. At the time I had FIOS TV there was no municipal public access channel for my town.. so they offered only two others.. if it costs Verizon money to do something.. they'll stall doing it for as long as possible. There is very little incentive to subscribe to FIOS tv, IMO. The offering just isn't robust enough.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20493260 Fri, 16 May 2008 13:33:25 EDT