baineschile
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| 130 HD channels FRAUD
The only thing direct tv has going is the amount of HD channels, 130. Of course, 10 are PPV, and 40 or so are west feeds from movie channels (starz, hbo, etc), but who really pays attention to that anyways.
Satellite will demise unless direct tv and dish partner up; even then, it will be nearly impossible to keep up with the infrastructure that cable and the telcos offer |
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Matt
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Jamestown, NC | I have to agree. There is a core subset of channels that are nice to have in HD and the rest is fluff.
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dnoyeB
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I don't see why that will happen. If they offer solid TV, then they will be fine. They don't need to offer 130HD channels at the same time. Only about 4 channels need to be available simultaneously.
The triple play is meaningless. Comcast tries to sell me on that every time I call for something. Their sale price is $33, Vonage regular price is $15. Comcast has no intention on being competitive.
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Matt
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| said by dnoyeB  :The triple play is meaningless. Comcast tries to sell me on that every time I call for something. Their sale price is $33, Vonage regular price is $15. Comcast has no intention on being competitive. They aren't trying to compete with an inferior product. The cable VoIP (digital phone) offering is a much more mature, stable, product than Vonage. They are trying to compete with POTS.
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rsa0
join:2003-01-25
Birmingham, AL | Whatever you are smoking, it ain't working..."compete with an inferior product" - and how is Comcast or any other cable phone provider superior? when the cable is down, they are down too !!! Customer service ? ha ! enlighten me please ! |
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Matt
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| said by rsa0 :Whatever you are smoking, it ain't working..."compete with an inferior product" - and how is Comcast or any other cable phone provider superior? when the cable is down, they are down too !!! Customer service ? ha ! enlighten me please ! Instead of asking me to do your research for you, how about you put the lazy pipe down and go read the technical docs on why the MSOs digital phone product is superior to VoIP ... especially the part that requires them to register as a CLEC to meet certain regulations ... and then the part about the difference in the VoIP packets traveling over a private QoS controlled network vs. the public internet.
That should get you started.
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fiberguy
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| Around these parts, SUPERIOR means CHEAPER.. I don't think I will ever conform to that standard of thinking. (Now before the opportunistics jump on this, more expensive doesn't mean better either)
He also forgets when your DSL or Cable Modem goes down, so does your vonage. I mean, the arguments around here area generally always held on the surface and never get deep enough to matter. There is much more to "technology" and "excellence" than just things like price and "I hate comcast" (or insert name of cable company here) |
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hottboiinnc
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Cleveland, OH | reply to Matt
MSOs do not have to register in Ohio as a CLEC. |
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Matt
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| said by hottboiinnc :MSOs do not have to register in Ohio as a CLEC. »www.puco.ohio.gov/apps/Regulated···m?IID=58
If they want to offer phone service, yes they do. They have to meet the same requirements as a CLEC as an ILEC does.
See the following:
»codes.ohio.gov/oac/4901%3A1-3
»codes.ohio.gov/oac/4901%3A1-5
»codes.ohio.gov/oac/4901%3A1-6
»codes.ohio.gov/oac/4901%3A1-7
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SillyRabbit
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Many of the channels are fluff and yet they still have more HD than any other provider. The picture quality is better than most companies except for maybe Verizon FiosTV. They're all liars. However, DirecTV provides a satisfying TV viewing experience. If they want to do tripple play, maybe they should partner with Clearwire? |
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jt1
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comcast digital voice is not the same as vonage . try calling regular 911 with vonage. does vonage still work in a power outage. comcast digital voice does. i hate when stupid people only look at price. you have to take a look at what you get and how it works too stupid people. |
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jt1
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not sure if clearwire would do it considering comcast has put over a billion into the company. i think they would try to make it so that does not happen. |
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Matt
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said by SillyRabbit :
Many of the channels are fluff and yet they still have more HD than any other provider. The picture quality is better than most companies except for maybe Verizon FiosTV. They're all liars. However, DirecTV provides a satisfying TV viewing experience. If they want to do tripple play, maybe they should partner with Clearwire?
I had the opposite experience. So much so that I paid their ridiculous ETF to go back to cable. And I saved money and got an HD DVR.
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voipdabbler
join:2006-04-27
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I disagree. You have to remember that a significant number of people in this country don't live in urban or suburban areas served by cable. (Interestingly, census data shows rural populations are beginning to grow again. The 2010 census results will be an interesting read--intermediate data they compile between the decinnial census is from multiple sources and is reflecting rural growth while portions of the east coast appear to finally be losing population, albeit probably more slowly than some residents in the area would like. I remember the congestion back east all too well from my many decades of living and working there, it's one thing I don't miss.) |
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toadlife
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Lemoore, CA | reply to Matt
Just because your DirecTV experience was bad doesn't mean their business will fail.
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Geminimind
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Sacramento, CA | reply to voipdabbler
Not to mention that Cable is Hella expensive and that is what I don't like. Triple play is $$$ after your year is up |
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radougherty
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Austin, TX
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said by baineschile :Satellite will demise unless direct tv and dish partner up; even then, it will be nearly impossible to keep up with the infrastructure that cable and the telcos offer My area is served by TWC and Austin was one of their test beds for SVD which was supposed to allow them to expand their HD offerings. So if it's impossible for DirecTV to keep up then were are Sci-Fi, USA, FX, CNN, NFL Network, History Channel, Spike and other HD channels that DirecTV has and this TWC system doesn't? This year they finally added Big Ten Network but has only one HD channel while DirecTV has four alternate channels that they can activate to carry all the Saturday football games. And right now I'm watching the Brewers and Cubs play in HD on DirecTV, can't do that with TWC. So tell me again how it will be nearly impossible for DirecTV to keep up with cable and the telcos?
Oh the telco's. AT&T, which saying they serve Austin really only serves parts of Austin, our subdivision, nope doesn't go here. Even if they did I could get only two concurrent HD streams into my home, with 4 HD sets that can be a problem unless we want to watch the same two programs on those sets. |
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Matt
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said by toadlife :Just because your DirecTV experience was bad doesn't mean their business will fail. If you read what I wrote, I never said that. I was offering a contrasting opinion.
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jtorre69
join:2005-12-26
Hollywood, FL | reply to jt1
Comcast Qos is better than vonage, but they need to work on price. AT&T just put out $30.00/month digital voice, and that could easily give comcast a run for their money. |
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toadlife
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Lemoore, CA | reply to Matt
Yeah sorry about that. The cable service in my town is so horrendous that I have trouble with the concept of cable competing with satellite.
Love that Linux Haters Blog BTW.
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