Not OT at all!
Have you actually tried FiOS? I'm wondering if it really feels
"snappier" than vanilla broadband.
-- Owen
On Jan 14, 2009, at 12:28 PM, James Steiner wrote:
Speaking of TV--once really nice thing about Comcast cable in Trenton
(NJ) is that the minimal "anntenna service" level of service, that
costs about $12 a month, includes about 50 channels, i.e. all the
usual tier1 basic cable stuff.
In philly with whatever-it-is-now, the antenna service was exactly
that--12 channels plus a bunch of shop at home junk, for $14 a month.
To get trenton-level service would be about $30.
Sorry, that's probably a little OT, but it pleases me to mention it.
~~James
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 12:21 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
Switched to FIOS from DSL more than two years ago. The rollout
here in
North Texas is neighborhood by neighborhood; I've had it for more
than two
years, and my friend across town still doesn't have it anywhere
close. And
he's anxious: FIOS is a huge upgrade from anything else. I
routinely get
6-8 MBS downstream, and 3-4 MBS upstream. It's especially
noticable in
bandwidth intensive applications such as Remote Desktop. VOIP goes
from ...
Well, VOIP to land-line quality on FIOS. Bottom line: I routinely
do things
now I would never dream of trying on DSL, such as running an app on
the
server over RD while showing it on a VOIP WebEx conference call.
Haven't tried the TV packages, so can't comment there. North Texas
is as
flat as a board, which means you can get 15 channels over the air
with
rabbit ears.
Hope that helps.
cjf
Christopher J. Feola
President
nextPression, Inc.
www.nextPression.com
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Subject: [FRIAM] Verizon FiOS - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I was probing around for internet tv services (I'm considering
dropping
cable/sat/.. and moving to AppleTV + "home theater" or similar ..
i.e.
"internet tv") and happened across a NFL football site that offers HD
service through something called FiOS .. which I hadn't seen before.
Apparently there's a very nifty broadband service evolving:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fios
Here's an older survey on it:
http://tinyurl.com/8m4mgx
One interesting statement they make is: The results are clear. If
speed is
what you're after, go with FiOS first, cable second and DSL last.
(I'd be
suspicious of the DSL/Cable difference, given the shared nature of
cable.)
Has anyone tried FiOS? Unfortunately it is not available in Santa
Fe ..
we're a bit third world, alas. But maybe it'll get here some time
and I'd
like to know if your experiences are good.
-- Owen
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