Re: [Avid-L2] OT: Comcast, Uverse of FIOS?

I've been trying to get FIOS in the last two places I've lived, but it's only available on about two blocks in all of Los Angeles. So I've had Uverse now for a while. Not bad. Not awesome. Like most of these outfits, you have to pay more for more bandwidth. That's kind of a rip. But I like Uverse better than Charter, which I had before.

YMMV

David


On Aug 14, 2013, at 6:46 AM, Dennis Degan <DennyD1@verizon.net> wrote:

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> On Aug 14, 2013, at 8:10 AM, Rich Ford wrote:
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> > Anyone have comments, good or bad, on Comcast vs. ATT Uverse vs. Veriizon FIOS for internet and cable TV?
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> I answer:
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> I have FIOS. DL speed is faster than advertised. I'm signed up for 35DL/35UL and I actually get 42DL/37UL. These are consistent results because the connection is all mine; not shared. It comes with a router which works for both ethernet and WiFi.
> I also have Verizon TV. Except for the lack of 2 or 3 channels we wanted, the quality is excellent; outages rare. This is the "Ultimate HD" package, which includes nearly all channels except premium channels such as HBO. However, Showtime/TMC IS included. We were able to negotiate a free DVR with our one and only Verizon cable box (our other one is a Tivo, which works well with Verizon TV). We pay $120 a month for Internet, Cable, and landline phone service.
> Landline phone service is as you'd expect. It works just as it always did only better. We now have an answering service that's accessible anywhere. It also has call waiting and other features we don't use. The only bad thing is that it's locally battery-powered in case of power failure (which happens all too frequently here). The battery will run for about 8 hours without AC. After that, you have no phone service. Hurricane Sandy caused us to entirely rely on our cellphones, charging them at a neighbor's house.
> We had a choice between Comcast and FIOS. Before Comcast took over control of NBC/Universal, we had Comcast cable service. I wanted to get FIOS as soon as it was available, primarily because of the all-fiber network; fiber runs all the way to our home. Comcast cable was not as reliable as FIOS and the customer support was practically nil. Perhaps because FIOS is from a phone company, the customer support is vastly superior.
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> Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank
> NBC Today Show, New York
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David Dodson
davidadodson@sbcglobal.net





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