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Offline Mr. Kennedy
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Goodbye Comcast Cable, Hello Verizon FiOS
« on: January 30, 2007, 11:39:52 AM »
After years of having Comcast Cable as my Internet and Television provider, my family and I have finally decided to switch.  Verizon is offering us a better deal financially, as well as (supposedly) better television picture quality and faster internet.  My internet speeds will now go up to 20 mbps downstream and 5 mbps upstream.  FiOS arrives February 7th (same day Lost comes back coincidentally), so I will give my formal review of both services (as well as telephone since its now a "triple play" package).

Just wondering if anyone has already made the switch and what their impressions are.
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« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2007, 12:04:19 PM »
Sounds great I hate comcast cable. Well I hate that cable is a monopoly here in michigan. Sucks as wish I could switch
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« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2007, 01:08:55 PM »
i\'ve always expressed my hatred of comca$t (woohoo there\'s an S in the name that I can convert to a dollar sign!), I\'d definitely rather have FIO$ ($hit!).  I am leery of Verizon\'s TV service though.  What do they know about television?

Tell us how it turns out.  Also get a broadband report from 2wire.com from both services for the helluvit.
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« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2007, 03:02:52 PM »
Verizon isn\'t by me yet. But from what my bro tells me (he works for them), they don\'t give service to apartments. I hate Comcast. I had to fight them for months to get rid of a bill I shouldn\'t have had.
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« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2007, 03:38:50 PM »
Funny...


I\'ve had Comcast for years and never really had problems.
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« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2007, 06:02:35 PM »
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Funny...


I\'ve had Comcast for years and never really had problems.


They were problems to me right from the start. Although, most college students near me have problems with them. They shut off my brothers cable and then continued to charge him. That is a common occurrence at my school too. A lot of people I\'ve talked to had that problem. Someone needs to complain already ;)
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« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2007, 06:10:30 PM »
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They were problems to me right from the start. Although, most college students near me have problems with them. They shut off my brothers cable and then continued to charge him. That is a common occurrence at my school too. A lot of people I\'ve talked to had that problem. Someone needs to complain already ;)


Or stop feeding them money and switch companies.
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« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2007, 08:35:43 PM »
Make sure if you use a router that it\'s WAN port will support speeds of 20 mbps... most of them support only 10 mbps, which is the usual limit for broadband services.
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« Reply #8 on: January 30, 2007, 09:03:39 PM »
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Make sure if you use a router that it\'s WAN port will support speeds of 20 mbps... most of them support only 10 mbps, which is the usual limit for broadband services.


Verizon includes a router for that purpose.
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« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2007, 10:12:35 PM »
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Or stop feeding them money and switch companies.


Who else would I go to? Verizon isn\'t in my area and we need to have the broadband too.
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« Reply #10 on: January 30, 2007, 10:20:28 PM »
how about dsl? like verizon dsl.  is it supported in your area?
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« Reply #11 on: January 31, 2007, 07:06:50 AM »
I\'ve been trying to get FIOS for months. Last time I checked it STILL wasn\'t available in my area.


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« Reply #12 on: January 31, 2007, 07:24:00 AM »
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how about dsl? like verizon dsl.  is it supported in your area?


I have Verizon DSL at my home back in North Jersey and its not worth it. It has constant problems.
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« Reply #13 on: January 31, 2007, 11:42:44 AM »
i see.  not sure what constant problems your dsl has, but is there other service providers beside verizon?  BTW, what are  you using for internet now?
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« Reply #14 on: January 31, 2007, 01:12:43 PM »
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i see.  not sure what constant problems your dsl has, but is there other service providers beside verizon?  BTW, what are  you using for internet now?

It gets bad bottlenecks and slow down periods. They are the only DSL provider. At home I could get cable, but Cablevision is just as bad if not worse than Comcast.

At school, I have Comcast for cable internet and TV. I wanna use the fiber optics system Verizon has now.
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