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JPLPremium
join:2007-04-04
Downingtown, PA
kudos:1 | reply to hottboiinnc
Re: Nine years said by hottboiinnc:My cable company's speeds are high. They raised their speeds and are getting ready to again with DOCSIS 3. It's not all about speed its about who's offering the better deal. Most people will not change just because a new speed tier is being offered by VZ. It's about being happy with who you have. If people are happy they'll pay for what they already have. You'll have people that will sign up to get the deal of that time and when it ends and they can't get another they'll be back to who they started with to get a deal from them. But you claim the same thing everyone else on here does. Everyone will move to FiOS in your area because nobody is happy with the cable company. Well let me tell you. You're full of shit! It's only being made available NOW because VZ is tired of sharing their lines for DSL. What's going to happen when they're tired of their FiOS network and want to focus on Cellco Partnership FiOS will be left to rot for a while while they work on that. They only have the money because of Cellco and the ever raising rates with them and their "other taxes and fees" they tack on with the landline services. You can't say that FiOS has a better satisfaction ratings. just because they rank well in one area doesn't mean they will in another. You're another one of those assholes on here that treats VZ and their FiOS as God. Get over it. It's nothing special. And if it was VZ would have had it out YEARS AGO back instead of sitting around waiting for cable to take their damn customers with Digital Phone like cable will still due. Why VZ's FiOS is just as high and HIGHER than cable is. We've been hearing about the promise of docsis 3 for a long time. We'll see who gets to DC first - FiOS or docsis 3. BTW, why do you think there's a big push by these cable companies to move to docsis 3? They doing that out of the kindness of their hearts, are they? I'm sure the fact that CV is stepping up things like IP and docsis 3 have NOTHING whatsoever to do with Verizon moving into NYC. Just like I'm sure Comcast just happens to be running tons of 'we have more fiber than verizon' ads in this area is just pure coincidence. And I'm sure it has nothing whatsoever to do with the fact that comcast alone lost 147,000 video customers in the 3rd quarter of 08 while Verizon added nearly 1/4 million. I'm sure that's just all plain coincidence.
Finally, are you really blaming VERIZON for those TAXES on your landline service? Verizon has the ability to pass tax legislation now? Wow, I know they're a big company and all, I guess I just never understood HOW big  . | |
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| I don't have VZ in my area And i seen speeds faster than what most other cable companies give. I get faster Internet speeds than ATT. Where the speeds in place before ATT was here with U-Verse YEP!
Is my cable company shaking? NOPE! Why they own the city and get what they want and being a local cable company in Ohio get what they want at the state level. They didnt bother fighting against the state law being passed here. Why they wanted it! Now they're one of the largest in Ohio for service and all locally owned.
I don't care to try FiOS why? I'm happy with the service i get. Why do I want to support a company that outsources over seas? why do I want to support a company that uses the lazy union techs in the area.
And Just because comcast lost that many does not mean they went to Digital or to VZ they could have went to Dish or Direc. You can't claim those same customers went to VZ for TV. Also like i said before Customers do the promo switch all the time. And you can't sit there and say they don't. In 6 months they'll be back to Comcast and then back to FiOS. | |
JPLPremium
join:2007-04-04
Downingtown, PA
kudos:1 | said by hottboiinnc:I don't have VZ in my area And i seen speeds faster than what most other cable companies give. I get faster Internet speeds than ATT. Where the speeds in place before ATT was here with U-Verse YEP! Is my cable company shaking? NOPE! Why they own the city and get what they want and being a local cable company in Ohio get what they want at the state level. They didnt bother fighting against the state law being passed here. Why they wanted it! Now they're one of the largest in Ohio for service and all locally owned. I don't care to try FiOS why? I'm happy with the service i get. Why do I want to support a company that outsources over seas? why do I want to support a company that uses the lazy union techs in the area. And Just because comcast lost that many does not mean they went to Digital or to VZ they could have went to Dish or Direc. You can't claim those same customers went to VZ for TV. Also like i said before Customers do the promo switch all the time. And you can't sit there and say they don't. In 6 months they'll be back to Comcast and then back to FiOS. So, you don't have access to FiOS in your area, but you KNOW the field techs are lazy slobs? Wow, I wish I had that much insight. To be honest the Vz field techs (I had two installers, and a couple field techs out over the last 3 years) were, very honestly, the best I've seen. They knew their stuff. And because they get paid by the hour, not by the job, they actually have an incentive to make sure your install is done correctly. When I had DirecTV, they (for some reason) sent 2 installers to add a DVR. I asked them to just send me the DVR in the mail, and I would install it myself, but I was told I HAD to take the installation or the DVR would cost me.
They so over-booked the installer(s) that they missed my first appointment - the lead installer, to his credit, kept calling me throughout the night to let me know his status - by 11:30 that night he called one last time to tell me he couldn't make it. He was done for the night, and he had 2 appointments ahead of mine that he never got to. When he (and an assistant) did show up a few days later, they didn't even hang out long enough to know if the DVR worked.
You can slam the Vz techs all you want - but with my personal experience, the ones I've had, have been absolutely excellent.
As for where all those customers went - of the 'big boys' only 3 actually gained customers that quarter - Verizon, AT&T (which came in darn close to Verizon's numbers) and, a pretty distant third, DirecTV. All the rest - including Dish - lost customers. They're going somewhere. Between AT&T and Vz, nearly 1/2 million customers were added in 1 quarter - I'll leave it up to you to do the math.
I'm glad you're happy with your service, but that has nothing whatsoever to do with my post. The cable companies around here fear Verizon - and with good reason. The ads I see from companies like Comcast and CV range from the merely silly to outright lies (I heard one from, I think, CV claiming that you need a satellite dish to receive programming through FiOS). I know they love spending money on advertizing and all, but when they consistently focus on one company like that, it tells me something. | | |
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