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Re: still no FIOS in DC but Comcast saves the day Sorry but all us former Comcast customers know those speeds are complete sham. They're theoretical to start and no customer ever sees them in real life and that's before the prime time slowdowns when the shared lines are under heaviest use - assuming the services is actually even available.
My FIOS line however tests at or above advertised speed 24/7 365.
Three years now with FIOS and not a single day of down time. |
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1 edit | said by UncleDirtNap:Sorry but all us former Comcast customers know those speeds are complete sham. They're theoretical to start and no customer ever sees them in real life and that's before the prime time slowdowns when the shared lines are under heaviest use - assuming the services is actually even available. My FIOS line however tests at or above advertised speed 24/7 365. Three years now with FIOS and not a single day of down time. You really should try cable again. I was under that same false impression and I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised. Comcast really got their act together. I NEVER see a slowdown even during peak times it always test at over 23Mbps down, 4Mbps up. So stop fooling yourself that FIOS is the only provider out there.
FIOS (which is still not available in the nation's capital except for a single condo building) is late to the party.
FIOS lost. Comcast won. |
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Re: still no FIOS in DC but Comcast saves the day Picture quality of Comcast in DC is HORRIBLE! One of the worst I've seen around. Data has been decent. |
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| said by jjeffeory:Picture quality of Comcast in DC is HORRIBLE! One of the worst I've seen around. Data has been decent. My picture quality is incredibly sharp with my TIVO. I don't have anything to compare it to as FIOS won't be widely available in the nation's capital for another 4 years. |
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Picture quality of all cable, especially HD channels, is demonstrably inferior to FIOS. Cable doesn't have the bandwidth to feed true HD signals and is forced to compress them.
My friends in the city, were FIOS TV still isn't available, routinely travel to our place to watch the UFC events, Hockey championships, Superbowl etc etc because the picture on the same Panasonic Viera plasmas just plain sucks and they're paying more to boot. It's only a matter of time as ALL of them are already FIOS customers the minute it becomes available.
Comcast is all hype and they lost me as a customer FOREVER. |
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| said by UncleDirtNap:Picture quality of all cable, especially HD channels, is demonstrably inferior to FIOS. Cable doesn't have the bandwidth to feed true HD signals and is forced to compress them. My friends in the city, were FIOS TV still isn't available, routinely travel to our place to watch the UFC events, Hockey championships, Superbowl etc etc because the picture on the same Panasonic Viera plasmas just plain sucks and they're paying more to boot. It's only a matter of time as ALL of them are already FIOS customers the minute it becomes available. Comcast is all hype and they lost me as a customer FOREVER. FIOS won't be widely available in DC until 2014. 5 years is a very long time and it will be an entirely different competition by then. |
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