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Re: Verizon & place-shifting said by ddg4005:This is the reason I want Fios instead of Cablevision's triple play. The future of broadband, in my opinion, won't revolve around just more speed but versatility. What will cable networks be capable of offering going forward besides increased speeds? Verizon's fiber optic network looks like it'll handle speed upgrades, place-shifting, and a lot more. Cable networks can already support place shifting. I do it all the time with slingbox.
As for fiber vs coax, I am not quite sure what you think that fiber can do that hybrid fiber-coax cannot. Care to elaborate please? |
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| It's all about the end user experience. Comcast tried very hard to deliver a good product here in Henrico Virginia, even setting up a dedicated support call center a few years back. But people still jumped ship when FiOS was deployed.
I had Comcast and switched to Verizon FiOS, so did all of my neighbors. Everyone says the same thing, the Menu Guide, the Picture quality, Channel selection, the Internet speed/consistency is better. Finally got HD PPV in my area thanks to FiOS, comcast will still not provide that in this area.
It's word of mouth and end user experience, and how the product is delivered.
Looking at and Displaying a bunch of technical charts, notes, graphs is nice i suppose, but if the user sitting in there home is not happy, then it's useless. |
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| Exactly. It's all about the end user experience.
I have cable and for the most part it's fine, because I use TiVo and not their crappy DVRs. |
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How about my 105 HD channels with no additional compression and 50/20 internet speeds. |
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New York, NY | reply to fifty nine
said by fifty nine:said by ddg4005:This is the reason I want Fios instead of Cablevision's triple play. The future of broadband, in my opinion, won't revolve around just more speed but versatility. What will cable networks be capable of offering going forward besides increased speeds? Verizon's fiber optic network looks like it'll handle speed upgrades, place-shifting, and a lot more. Cable networks can already support place shifting. I do it all the time with slingbox. As for fiber vs coax, I am not quite sure what you think that fiber can do that hybrid fiber-coax cannot. Care to elaborate please? i'd be glad to! for starters, how about upstream speed? |
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said by fifty nine:said by ddg4005:This is the reason I want Fios instead of Cablevision's triple play. The future of broadband, in my opinion, won't revolve around just more speed but versatility. What will cable networks be capable of offering going forward besides increased speeds? Verizon's fiber optic network looks like it'll handle speed upgrades, place-shifting, and a lot more. Cable networks can already support place shifting. I do it all the time with slingbox. As for fiber vs coax, I am not quite sure what you think that fiber can do that hybrid fiber-coax cannot. Care to elaborate please? For one thing cable is a shared technology. I've heard from my friends about the infamous slowdowns during peak times. Additionally the cable companies seem to consider increasing speeds as competing with Verizon's Fios service. That won't be enough to attract or even retain customers going forward.
And lastly, I have Cablevision for television service right now. The picture is not as good as Fios TV. I'd rather wait until I can order Fios than triple up with Cablevision right now. |
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