Switchedforme
@comcast.net | How many cancel an dgo back to Dish or Comcast ?
Comcast great internet and dish great Dvr. With alot of features. how many are sorry they switched ? |
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kes601
join:2007-04-14
Virginia Beach, VA | You are going to say that Comcast has great Internet when compared to FiOS.....
That is funny. |
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darcilicious
Cyber Librarian
Premium
join:2001-01-02
Forest Grove, OR
 ·Verizon FIOS
 ·Comcast
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said by Switchedforme :
Comcast great internet and dish great Dvr. With alot of features. how many are sorry they switched ?
As always, what works best for you may not work best for others. I'm much happier with Verizon than I ever was Comcast. Can't get above 384k upload for Internet from Comcast here and every year they would raise the price (several dollars per month) of the extended basic cable service. In 2007, they removed three channels from that line up. So in my market, Verizon has Comcast beat, hands down. |
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Switchedforme
@comcast.net | reply to kes601
16meg for $33.00 |
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MrSpock29
join:2008-02-09
Hammonton, NJ
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I suppose Comcast does have great internet as long as they aren't throttling you or using hidden bandwidth caps, and as long as there aren't slow downs at peak times. Or when it's going out. Plus, dealing with them was like drilling a hole in my own head. So other than that, I really liked it. |
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krg106
join:2006-10-05
Alexandria, VA
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Not sorry at all. At the time I joined, FIOS had a better lineup of channels compared to cable. That has changed recently but things will get better. The internet is problem-free for me with FIOS. The DVR also does what I need it to do for the most part. The DVR isn't perfect but certainly nothing to drive me to cable or satellite. |
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jammmin
join:2000-12-14
Upper Marlboro, MD | reply to Switchedforme
said by Switchedforme :
16meg for $33.00
I am paying $24.00 for Comcast 16 megs. Its a six month special and I am loving it. |
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harley3k
join:2007-04-10
Flower Mound, TX
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I see this sort of thing here alot.
The position that to cancel Verizon TV also means cancelling Verizon Internet.
Why wouldn't people just keep Verizon Internet and get their TV from whoever they want? It's not like the double-play package deals save you that much money anyway. |
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eric87m
join:2003-12-07
Princeton, NJ | reply to Switchedforme
If you go back, enjoy the ultra compressed HD-Lite  |
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PGHammer
join:2003-06-09
Accokeek, MD
clubs:
·Comcast
| said by eric87m  :If you go back, enjoy the ultra compressed HD-Lite That typically applies only to the non-OTA HD sources (as Comcast does *not* compress OTA HD as they have no reason to). The biggest reason why compression happens (with any provider, be it satellite or cable) is last-mile bandwidth (which is the only reason why FiOS TV is immune, as their *last mile* (and the only non-fiber section) is entirely within the customer premises). However, isn't it also true that FiOS, in most areas, does not have the VOD content that the incumbent cable provider does? The one area that cable is maintaining an advantage over VZ is in terms of VOD, and they are working VERY hard to keep that advantage (contrariwise, what is VZ doing to eliminate it?) |
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kyler13
Is your fiber grounded?
join:2006-12-12
Arnold, MD
| reply to Switchedforme
Comcast has great internet, provided your online at noon on a Tuesday when the neighborhood kids are in school. Wait, you work for a living? In that case, get DSL if you don't want FIOS. It'll be faster than peak usage bandwidth on Comcast's overcrowded network. |
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GeekNJ
Premium
join:2000-09-23
Waldwick, NJ
| said by kyler13 :Comcast has great internet, provided your online at noon on a Tuesday when the neighborhood kids are in school. Wait, you work for a living? In that case, get DSL if you don't want FIOS. It'll be faster than peak usage bandwidth on Comcast's overcrowded network. I don't think that generalization can be made. I just came back from spending a week at my parents house in the southern half of FL where I was seeing outstanding speeds at any time of the day. For giggles I ran some Speakeasy speed tests a bunch of times and performance was always above 15mb down and often 20mb. I also did testing of DNS and the 2 times I tested, local Comcast DNS was always faster then OpenDNS or I would have switched them.
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JTBurn
join:2003-11-08
Ellicott City, MD
| reply to MrSpock29
said by MrSpock29 :Plus, dealing with them was like drilling a hole in my own head. So other than that, I really liked it. That's been my experience with both Verizon and Comcast. I've got a bad headache. |
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VirtualSlew
join:2008-01-18
Ambler, PA
 ·ooma
·Verizon FIOS
2 edits | reply to Switchedforme
Comcast internet has all kinds of overhead in their network. I'm a network admin, and I know when a Comprap customer is using the VPN because I see gobbs of "out of order packet arrived" messages in the log. I don't see any of these kinds of messages from FiOS or DSL customers. The only people that have problems using the VPN are Comcrap customers. The connection drops and becomes unreliable. VoIP calls through the VPN have echos and delays through the Compcrap network.
My FiOS connection is rock solid, and no fluctuations in up/down speed due to others being online. I've never been a Comcrap customer and never will be. That company is unethical, and evil in my opinion. Given a choice, I don't understand why anyone would choose to be one of their customers. |
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JeepMatt
Delaware Fios
Premium
join:2001-12-28
Wilmington, DE
·Verizon FIOS
| said by VirtualSlew :My FiOS connection is rock solid, and no fluctuations in up/down speed due to others being online. What are the "others" doing? Staring at their screens? Or downloading torrents, uploading files, or what?
I could have 15 computers "using" any connection and if they're not doing anything, there won't be a speed decrease. I love FIOS internet - but I think your statement's juuuuuuuuuust a bit off. 
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robjlevin
join:2002-10-30
Millington, NJ
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said by harley3k :Why wouldn't people just keep Verizon Internet and get their TV from whoever they want? It's not like the double-play package deals save you that much money anyway. Exactly what I did. Canceled the TV and when to DirecTV but kept the internet and phone. |
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Claude M
join:2008-01-22
Oradell, NJ
1 edit | reply to JTBurn
exactly, what Spock said, drilling a hole in my own head. |
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danclan
join:2005-11-01
Midlothian, VA | my guess is the churn rate for verizon's services is low given the numbers of new users signing up but there is no real way to know and really wont be until they have greater market penetration or some clever marketing team polls users. |
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MrSpock29
join:2008-02-09
Hammonton, NJ
| said by danclan :my guess is the churn rate for verizon's services is low given the numbers of new users signing up but there is no real way to know and really wont be until they have greater market penetration or some clever marketing team polls users. I think churn rate is pretty straight-forward for them to know. They should know who has left just as well as who has come. Having said that, churn rate will need time to be defined in a sense, as most people sign up for 1 or 2 year contracts, and are less likely to leave during that time. The real number to follow, and I don't know that it would be reported this way, is the churn rate of subscribers coming off of contracts.
Having said that, my expectations would be for their churn rate to be lower than cable. |
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VirtualSlew
join:2008-01-18
Ambler, PA
·ooma
·Verizon FIOS
1 edit | reply to JeepMatt
said by JeepMatt :said by VirtualSlew :My FiOS connection is rock solid, and no fluctuations in up/down speed due to others being online. What are the "others" doing? Staring at their screens? Or downloading torrents, uploading files, or what? I could have 15 computers "using" any connection and if they're not doing anything, there won't be a speed decrease. I love FIOS internet - but I think your statement's juuuuuuuuuust a bit off. I'm not speaking of users online with my personal FiOS connection, I'm speaking of other FiOS customers being online. With Comcrap, the amount of usage on the Comcrap network impacts everyone's experience. When more people are online during evening hours, their speed and reliability suffer. FiOS users don't have these issues. When kids are home from school on holidays, my Comcrap VPN users have all kinds of problems. My FiOS and DSL users don't have these issues. |
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