eeyolpme_tsacmoc
| reply to neutronic
Re: FiOS TV Features Update
You people are crazy. Verizon is Sh!t. They cut cable lines everyday to try to make there service look better. You switch and you'll see that the service sucks. Yes it may not cost as much but read the fine print... You get what you pay for.
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HenryFarpolo
Premium
join:2003-08-31
Andover, MA
| "They cut cable lines everyday to try to make there service look better"..........Sounds like a well thought out response. Also...."Yes it may not cost as much but read the fine print... You get what you pay for"......Wonder what cable company this genius works for!! Nuff said!!
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sdgthy
@optonline.net | Can't you read backwards?  |
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trey_w
join:2002-07-03
Plano, TX
1 edit | reply to eeyolpme_tsacmoc
He probably works for Comcrap...
Go somewhere else troll |
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bobTeatow
join:2003-01-17
Bethel, CT
| reply to eeyolpme_tsacmoc
(Reality check for the troll...)
I asked my FIOS installers to string the fiber a little closer to the cable TV line - so that it didn't hang down so much lower - They adjusted it a bit but said they were under strict orders not to touch or cross the cable company lines. I see that they wrap and bundle FIOS lines with old copper lines along the street - but maintain a strict separation from the cable lines.
Much as each service would like to cut the other - I think 99.99% of the line men (and women) out there know that both companies will lose if they start playing those kind of games. |
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SOAHF
join:2005-01-24
Grapevine, TX
| reply to neutronic
Ahh.. I guess this isnt off subject.. LOL it is TV realated.. But comcrap does sure as heck cut the Dish/Directv cables coming from the LNB.. I had to fix that issue =P.. But back to FIOS TV... Anymore news on Bill in Texas? I cannot find anything.. Still waiting for FIOS TV in Grapvine Texas.. Oh well last I heard this fall..... |
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HaloBox
join:2002-01-10
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to neutronic
It was not completed in the last special session. It's essentially done but they still have a couple of things that need to be completed in committee before it goes to Governor Perry for signature.
They won't do anything with it until the school reform funding bills are complete. They reconvene tomorrow afternoon. |
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bigpapae35
join:2002-10-25
Great Neck, NY | reply to neutronic
I am sick of cablevsion, I want my fios tv today. If New York accepts the statewide franchise agreement today, do you think we can get Fios Tv service this fall, or do you think we are another year away? |
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UofMiamiGrad
Premium
join:2001-02-03
Great Neck, NY
| said by bigpapae35  :I am sick of cablevsion, I want my fios tv today. If New York accepts the statewide franchise agreement today, do you think we can get Fios Tv service this fall, or do you think we are another year away? Ed,
If I recall you are in Great Neck, and they are already in talks with VZ for a franchise agreement. They met a few weeks ago, but no word if progress was made. Also, NY is not doing a statewide franchise agreement anytime soon. Here is the Newsday article on the talks between Great Neck and VZ: »www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzca···eadlines |
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MoCoFios
| reply to neutronic
I remember here in Montgomery County Maryland, getting FIOS this past winter and being told "this summer or fall" to expect fiostv. Now it looks a looooong ways away |
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TurtleFan
join:2003-05-03
Wyckoff, NJ
| reply to neutronic
Any updates on the franchise agreements for Wyckoff/ Bergan County? I'm wondering if there's an official number we can call for updates...
Cablevision finally added GSN to their lineups, so it looks like for now we'll be going with IO Digital Cable, but we're still interested in the VErizon deals .. |
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eXodus
Premium
join:2005-08-04
Rockaway, NJ
| Has anyone heard of any talk about FiOS TV in Morris County, NJ? They just recently laid fiber down for internet and are installing in about a week. Or shall I keep it known in my head that if they just recently ran the fiber I should not expect the TV service anytime soon.
-eXodus |
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comcastfan11
join:2003-08-04
Brick, NJ | I thought I heard that FIOS TV would start up this fall. Anybody hear that? I for one since I am in Ocean County will probably have to wait a year or two until FIOS & FIOS TV comes. |
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eXodus
Premium
join:2005-08-04
Rockaway, NJ
| I talked to my father who works for comcast, he knows cable tv well as he has been in the business for years, he told me it wont be surprising if the state takes a year to sign it. Once the state signs it, the way the state law is setup, verizon has to make an agreement with all the towns they want to install service to. If one town says yes the next one over can say no and that will be how the Service will be distributed. This I do not have any sources on the law just from what my father told me. So people of NJ can expect to wait awhile. |
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HaloBox
join:2002-01-10
·Verizon FIOS
| said by eXodus :Once the state signs it, the way the state law is setup, verizon has to make an agreement with all the towns they want to install service to. Ask your Dad what happens if Verizon gets a statewide franchise agreement. |
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eXodus
Premium
join:2005-08-04
Rockaway, NJ | He told me that does not happen in New Jersey and it goes town by town. |
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OwenMeany
join:2005-06-17 | Yes, but you do know that Verizon is pushing for legislation similar to Texas' for a state wide franchise agreement. Which would negate the town to town negotiations. |
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fiostviwantcom
@71.241.x.x
| I just got Comcasts HD service. I have to say so far im extremely disappointed. Channels are looking blury (not only on the HD-TV) had to call 3 times to get an actual appointment to get a guy to check it out. He ran a line from the main line directly and said the problem was on the main line and he would setup a tech to work on it. Called 3 days later... no appointment. Got one now. Two of the digital local stations block up every second so they are unwatchable. There are VERY few actual HD channels even offered (but i knew that going on).
Overall I can't wait for FIOSTV to come to MoCo. |
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robjlevin
join:2002-10-30
Millington, NJ
| reply to eXodus
Either your father doesn't know as much as you think or you're misunderstanding something somewhere.
The whole idea of a statewide franchise agreement is to do away with the need for individual franchise agreements. There would only be one needed. |
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eXodus
Premium
join:2005-08-04
Rockaway, NJ | As far as I'm concerned, right now, they will need a town by town agreement, unless they get the state wide passed which like Owen mentioned (read his port) will negate the town by town negotiations.
-eXodus |
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