http://www.dslreports.com/forum/FIOS-better-sucssed-19166944 en Thu, 24 Mar 2022 20:23:53 EDT Thu, 24 Mar 2022 20:23:53 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19184425 »investor.verizon.com/fin ··· etin.pdf

Barring SNAFUs like in Great Neck LI:
»Now You See FiOS, Now You Don't [73] comments

Verizon reported their FTTP network passing 7.6 million premises out of which FiOS Internet was available for sale to 5.7 million premises and FiOS TV was available for sale to 3.9 million premises.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19184425 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:08:36 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19184140 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19184140 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:18:04 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19183666 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19183666 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:55:37 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19183649 www.businessweek.com/tec ··· _id=yhoo

If you read the article: 500,000 signed up for TV and fiber passes 3.9M homes. Less then 13% take up. Unless there's still a great deal of local franchise issues, that' not a great return for all that investment. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19183649 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:52:25 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-effect-on-cable-19182165 said by Teasip:

I'm just glad that they've held off on giving us the IMG here in Plano.
hehe, you had to throw that in there for all of us already 'enjoying' 2.0

Don't worry, your day is coming....soon, very soon. ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-effect-on-cable-19182165 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 09:04:03 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19182125 said by johnsp:

Fios is doing a poor job attracting customers on Long Island. CV had lowered prices with a very competitive triple play package. Their VOIP has no taxes and still carry a good number of analog channels so several STB's are not required for the home.

Fios should have a better take up rate in my area but refuses to lower prices and has already raised prices. Changes require a billable truck roll, the hardware rental fees are high, and there's still gliches with the DVR's, channel guides, PPV and VOD.

I don't see how this multi-billion dollar investment will pay off unless they get their act together and become more competitive.
I inserted this link in another thread but it applies to this discussion, in case you missed it.

»www.businessweek.com/tec ··· _id=yhoo]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19182125 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:56:52 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19182089
Fios should have a better take up rate in my area but refuses to lower prices and has already raised prices. Changes require a billable truck roll, the hardware rental fees are high, and there's still gliches with the DVR's, channel guides, PPV and VOD.

I don't see how this multi-billion dollar investment will pay off unless they get their act together and become more competitive. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19182089 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:51:54 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19169819 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19169819 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 02:08:23 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-effect-on-cable-19169194 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-effect-on-cable-19169194 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:07:06 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-effect-on-cable-19168586
I think the only reason my install happened within a few days of me calling is because fios had already established internet service around here for over a year at that point.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-effect-on-cable-19168586 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:54:11 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/FIOS-effect-on-cable-19168480
From what I know of the situation, more than 20% of homes in the Plano area had Fios within 6 months of the service being offered. I have no idea what the number is now.

I do know that after we left Comcast, they called 3 times offering us deal after deal after deal to get us to come back. No dice. The picture quality on Fios is rock solid compared to the grainy crap I got on some Comcast channels.

A few months later, Time Warner took over the Comcast cable franchise in this area. They've come in with an agressive campaign to win people back, but it's borderline fraudulent. TW's running an ad now talking about the great picture you get on their "fiber network." I'm sure they use fiber in some part of the network to get the signal to your home, but it isn't the same as Fios and they're trying to make it sound like it is. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/FIOS-effect-on-cable-19168480 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:27:47 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19168438 said by krg106:

I don't think cable prices have been impacted by the existence of fios all that much if at all and I don't think fios going away would impact prices that much either. That being said I don't see fios tv going away any time soon.
I think for the time being you are certainly correct. FiOS, right now, is tiny. Just over 500,000 subscribers. Compare that to Comcast's 36 - 38 million. But I think they are having an impact in some markets where they are starting to have some heavy penetration. I continue to be amazed at how many people I know personally who've switched from dbs or cable to fios. I'd love to see a breakdown of some numbers in areas like the Philly suburbs, or the parts of NJ where they've rolled into (I get the sense that NJ is probably one of their fastest growing markets). I'd love to see a breakdown of overall cable prices in markets where fios has the greatest penetration.

One other thing to consider - it's not enough to just measure the actual price of cable. I think too many people do that and say "well, see, the price hasn't gone down - the competition is doing nothing." I don't buy that. You have to look at what you get for your money. It's clear that ALL systems are working like crazy to provide the most that they can (most HD, most VOD, most number of channels, best PQ). Look back over the past 5 - 6 years, and you see an amazing change happening (hell, 6 years ago digital cable wasn't even available around here, VOD was nonexistent, and the same goes for DVR technology - and oh yeah, how many channels were available? And how many of those in HD?). Competition is making that happen.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19168438 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:18:36 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19168346 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19168346 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:52:24 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19168338 i guess i need to go back to school :huh:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19168338 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:48:54 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19168324 I think at one point you almost did go back, but then Verizon fixed your problems if I recall. It's great to have two companies begging for your business.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19168324 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:45:46 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19168306 Since Fios has come to my area, CV has been on the hands and knees to get me back..]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19168306 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:42:19 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/As-The-Say-Nothing-Succeeds-Like-Success-19168129 www.tvshowsondvd.com (I have the Get Smart box set), Purdue over Notre Dame, last night's Stargate Atlantis, are just a few of the topics I've posted online about today. And, there was plenty of poor grammar and typos. Some folks don't use much punctuation or capitalization. That doesn't make them a troll. Just my 7 cents, adjusted for the Bush economy. Mark F.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/As-The-Say-Nothing-Succeeds-Like-Success-19168129 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:04:57 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19168084 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19168084 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:52:39 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19167921 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19167921 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:12:21 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19167683 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19167683 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:11:01 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19167682 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19167682 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:10:42 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19167256 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19167256 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:40:39 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19167216
I think the definition of Sucssed is the way a troll spells succeed.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19167216 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:34:17 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19167134 said by troyh72:

Imagine what spell check could do for you...
LOL...

I opened the thread so quickly trying to find out what this "sucssed" thing is.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19167134 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:16:22 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19167072 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FIOS-better-sucssed-19167072 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 14:58:14 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/FIOS-better-sucssed-19166944 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/FIOS-better-sucssed-19166944 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 14:35:07 EDT