glinc
join:2009-04-07
New York, NY | ha! just wait CV, by the time FiOS is wired in the entire NYC and release 100/100 home connection you will see a big hit in your subscribers |
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| said by glinc:just wait CV, by the time FiOS is wired in the entire NYC and release 100/100 home connection you will see a big hit in your subscribers I guess that will be in 2030 ? |
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glinc
join:2009-04-07
New York, NY | actually by 2014 whole NYC should be wired with FiOS and until then there's plenty of time for them to offer higher speeds |
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 wifi4milezBig Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY | reply to glinc
said by glinc:just wait CV, by the time FiOS is wired in the entire NYC and release 100/100 home connection you will see a big hit in your subscribers I have FIOS, and to be honest its really nothing special. Frankly, I see absolutely no difference between my 20/5 FIOS service and the 5/512k TWC service I used to have. The only reason I switched was due to the huge discount Verizon offered me, but apparently they have just decided to eliminate it without telling me. I am reaching out to their escalations group this weekend (see thread below), and if they cant fix it I am going right back to TWC.
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 danclan
join:2005-11-01
Midlothian, VA | You are the exception. The vast vast majority of Verizon Fios users would never switch back due to picture quality, up time and better channel selection in both SD and HD.
Billing issues though is the Achilles heal of Verizon still.
Beyond that every service they offer hands down beats every cable provider with consistency, clarity and up time. |
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said by glinc:just wait CV, by the time FiOS is wired in the entire NYC and release 100/100 home connection you will see a big hit in your subscribers Most of CV areas are already wired with FiOS, and Verizon hasn't even responded to the 101Mbps tier.
100/100? HA! Yeah right! |
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said by danclan:You are the exception. The vast vast majority of Verizon Fios users would never switch back due to picture quality, up time and better channel selection in both SD and HD. He was referring to the internet service, not the TV service.
But yeah I agree that if I got the TV service I wouldn't really want to switch back. |
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One of the main issues hampering FIOS against Cablevision is MSNBC and Cablevision knows that. If and when FIOS gets MSNBC I am sure cablevision wont be laughing then. |
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| said by Josimars:One of the main issues hampering FIOS against Cablevision is MSNBC and Cablevision knows that. If and when FIOS gets MSNBC I am sure cablevision wont be laughing then. FiOS HD is like chinese food - no MSG! |
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glinc
join:2009-04-07
New York, NY | reply to wifi4milez
well, people take full advantage of the upload speeds and use it for torrenting, hosting servers, etc at home instead of renting a server out there |
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wifi4milezBig Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY | reply to danclan
said by danclan:You are the exception. The vast vast majority of Verizon Fios users would never switch back due to picture quality, up time and better channel selection in both SD and HD. I was referring to their internet service, however regarding the TV I agree and disagree. I agree that FIOS offers better HD picture quality, however their SD quality is much worse than TWC. As for channels, FIOS does have one channel that I like that TWC used to not have (they might have added it), but otherwise they are fairly comparable. Other than the fact that they just eliminated a hand full of my premium channels I am happy however, so hopefully I can resolve it and stay with them.
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wifi4milezBig Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY | reply to Josimars
said by Josimars:One of the main issues hampering FIOS against Cablevision is MSNBC and Cablevision knows that. If and when FIOS gets MSNBC I am sure cablevision wont be laughing then. MSNBC's ratings are abysmal, why would that be a big factor here?
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said by glinc:just wait CV, by the time FiOS is wired in the entire NYC and release 100/100 home connection you will see a big hit in your subscribers And that will depend on price. At prices Verizon is charging most won't jump for the highest tiers. And Cablevision is cheaper at the mid-level speeds.
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I have FIOS, and to be honest its really nothing special. Frankly, I see absolutely no difference between my 20/5 FIOS service and the 5/512k TWC service I used to have. The only reason I switched was due to the huge discount Verizon offered me, but apparently they have just decided to eliminate it without telling me. I am reaching out to their escalations group this weekend (see thread below), and if they cant fix it I am going right back to TWC. » Best way to get directly to Verizon escalations group |
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100/100? LOL! 100/30 sounds more reasonable. |
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wifi4milezBig Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY | reply to The_ANoN
said by The_ANoN :I have FIOS, and to be honest its really nothing special. Frankly, I see absolutely no difference between my 20/5 FIOS service and the 5/512k TWC service I used to have. The only reason I switched was due to the huge discount Verizon offered me, but apparently they have just decided to eliminate it without telling me. I am reaching out to their escalations group this weekend (see thread below), and if they cant fix it I am going right back to TWC. » Best way to get directly to Verizon escalations group You dont notice a difference between 20/5 and 5/512? What, do you just check email and browse the web? I dont torrent if thats what you are getting at. To be honest, my biggest issue with TWC was that downloading HD movies to my PS3 (via the PS3 store) took a long time. I figured that with 4 times more bandwidth it would be quicker. Unfortunately thats not the case, even thought the PS3 has a gigabit port there was no difference.
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 kyler13Is your fiber grounded?
join:2006-12-12
Arnold, MD | reply to fifty nine
said by fifty nine:said by glinc:just wait CV, by the time FiOS is wired in the entire NYC and release 100/100 home connection you will see a big hit in your subscribers Most of CV areas are already wired with FiOS, and Verizon hasn't even responded to the 101Mbps tier. 100/100? HA! Yeah right! Chest thumping by CV over speed tiers is a waste of time. These are limits, people. Who has the capacity to support these limits reliably? Certainly not cable. As they raise the speeds of lower tiers at similar price points, cable customers won't be getting what they pay for. I saw this same problem 5 years ago with 8/1 cable service. Along came the triple play package and many new subs. Next thing you know, I couldn't even hit 1Mbps download in the evenings or on weekends. The same issue will scale to a 100Mbps package on cable regardless of DOCSIS 3. IMO, I'd rather pay more for 50 down all the time than less for 100 down sometimes. |
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No, I wasn't getting at the torrent thing because I don't do that either. But I've switched from Cable to FiOS and I notice a huge difference in my DL speeds on Xbox Live (and Im connected through wireless USB). Is it just on your PS3 that theres no difference? Do you download on your PC at all? |
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..or should I say realistic... |
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said by kyler13:said by fifty nine:said by glinc:just wait CV, by the time FiOS is wired in the entire NYC and release 100/100 home connection you will see a big hit in your subscribers Most of CV areas are already wired with FiOS, and Verizon hasn't even responded to the 101Mbps tier. 100/100? HA! Yeah right! Chest thumping by CV over speed tiers is a waste of time. These are limits, people. Who has the capacity to support these limits reliably? Certainly not cable. As they raise the speeds of lower tiers at similar price points, cable customers won't be getting what they pay for. I saw this same problem 5 years ago with 8/1 cable service. Along came the triple play package and many new subs. Next thing you know, I couldn't even hit 1Mbps download in the evenings or on weekends. The same issue will scale to a 100Mbps package on cable regardless of DOCSIS 3. IMO, I'd rather pay more for 50 down all the time than less for 100 down sometimes. Cable does have the bandwidth to support speed tiers that are sufficient for 99% of home users.
I've said time and time again that FiOS only beats cable because they designed something from the ground up and are not bogged down by analog channels and legacy customers. |
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