| Not available to me Can't get Fios at our $600k townhouses. Must be that cherry-picking. |
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| said by Bobcat:Can't get Fios at our $600k townhouses. Must be that cherry-picking. Verizon should buy out Embarq here. Embarq is totally useless since all they offer is 5Mbps DSL. |
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That price means nothing. a 600k townhouse could be cheap compaired to a 3 million dollar mansion.
The fact that you live in a townhome is why you dont have it. I live in a two floor appartment and verizon wont give me fios either. nevermind the fact that my wall is an exterior one that is 20 feet from a fios fiber junction box. |
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1 edit | said by majortom1029:That price means nothing. a 600k townhouse could be cheap compaired to a 3 million dollar mansion. The fact that you live in a townhome is why you dont have it. I live in a two floor appartment and verizon wont give me fios either. nevermind the fact that my wall is an exterior one that is 20 feet from a fios fiber junction box. Except that the $300k condos across the road from me do have Fios. |
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| reply to fifty nine
Embarq is now CenturyTel.
From the looks of it, VZ is looking to get out of the copper business »Frontier Shareholders Approve Verizon Deal |
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Can't get it here either Can't get FIOS here.
Wish there were a viable competitor to cable internet. Comcast has provided excellent service but it expensive.
Verizon DSL is a disaster in my neighborhood -- it is clear that the telco has made a conscience decision to let copper rot here. Blown off appointments -- 7 day wait for a tech to fix a POTS outage -- y'all know the routine. |
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| No, I don't know the routine. My DSL has been up continuously for over 5 years. |
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| I live in a neighborhood that was built in the 1920s. The techs absolutely HATE to come out here because the wirining to the homes is old (paid for by the taxpayer, BTW) and there are lots of big ol' trees. There is no commitment by the telco to maintain the copper.
The first thing I have to do is insist that any problem is not in my house and is exhibbited at the NIB. Wiring inside my home is new and electrically solid.
When you schedule an appointment with Verizon, you get to select the day they will come (8 hour window), and yes you need to be home, and they don't come on weekends. I've experienced two no-shows on this, BTW, taking days off of work. Absolutely TERRIBLE customer service in my area. I understand that in other areas it is a different storry.
I have no big love for Comcast because they charge through the nose, but the last time there was an issue, a tech was dispatched on a Sunday morning with a two hour window.
So, it would be nice to have a competitor for:
expensive cable
cruddy DSL |
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| reply to KillABrew
Re: Not available to me I know that Embarq is now centurytel (I got the mailers from them.)
I never said that VZ should get into the copper business, but get into the fiber business here. We are the fastest growing county in the state. |
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rody_44Premium
join:2004-02-20
Quakertown, PA | reply to Bobcat
The difference between a 300,000 dollar townhome and a 600,000 dollar townhome on the other side would be its a hell of a lot cheaper and easier to dig in the 300,000 dolaar ones yard. To boot the 300,000 dollar one will probably order more services. |
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| said by rody_44: The difference between a 300,000 dollar townhome and a 600,000 dollar townhome on the other side would be its a hell of a lot cheaper and easier to dig in the 300,000 dolaar ones yard. To boot the 300,000 dollar one will probably order more services. Not necessarily. In NJ it's weird. I know one guy who couldn't get FiOS even though across the street had it. It had to do with street boundaries. |
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 Jodokast96Stupid people really piss me off.Premium
join:2005-11-23
Erial, NJ
kudos:2 | reply to fifty nine
That's better than the 3mb Verizon offers me. |
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VZ only puts FiOS in where they are the LEC.
CT is the LEC where you are so VZ would have to buy the copper to put in the fiber. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | reply to bostonkarl1
Re: Can't get it here either said by bostonkarl1: Blown off appointments -- 7 day wait for a tech to fix a POTS outage -- y'all know the routine. PUC calling time. |
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Jodokast96Stupid people really piss me off.Premium
join:2005-11-23
Erial, NJ
kudos:2
1 edit | Yeah, and in a lot of those places (WV anyone?) they blow them off too. Cheaper to pay the fine than take care of things. |
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 Z801 point 77Premium
join:2009-08-31
Amerika | reply to Bobcat
Re: Not available to me Go figure, some horrible neighborhoods here in SoCal like Lake Smellsmore have it. Beaumont, CA a town you don't drive through with the windows down was one of the first around here to get FiOS TV too.
No cherry picking in this neck of the woods. |
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| reply to Bobcat
said by Bobcat:Can't get Fios at our $600k townhouses. Must be that cherry-picking. Got me beat by $300k at market value (of course, it was half that when purchased). |
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Re: Can't get it here either I've had a pretty good experience with service for Verizon DSL, I got a next day visit after I put in a call. Besides that one time, it's been very stable.
On topic, everyone I know who has FIOS available, has signed up for it. Actually I'm starting to feel a little jealous ;p |
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 N3OGHYo Soy Col. "Bat" GuanoPremium
join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
kudos:1 | reply to Bobcat
Re: Not available to me Sounds like you're on the ass end of the CO that doesn't have Fios, and the one across the street does have it.
Talk about wrong side of the tracks!
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| reply to KillABrew
Correction not Century Tel but CenturyLInk |
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