I think it's worse than that. My understanding was that the telco's had to provide competitor access on copper based service. Verizon secured regulation/approval to prevent FIOS from being a conduit for third party services.
The second the copper is hooked back up, a person in Fort Wayne can hook up using this company: http://xymmetrix.com/services/internet_access.html And suddenly it makes no sense to keep Frontier. BTW, the letter said that TV rates were going up. They neglected to say it was staying the same for those on contract with triple play services. The Frontier rep apologized for the confusion on the phone today. So it turns out I'm good until 2012. On Sat, 2011-01-22 at 21:36 -0500, Christer Watson wrote: > Could someone explain to me why they might be doing this? They paid > all this money for a fiber optic network. In what business model does > it make sense to then not use it? Can they really stay in business > selling DSL speeds?! > > btw, I live without cable and haven't had too many problems. The two > biggest are: > 1) some shows you have to resign yourself to watching a year late on > DVD/Netflix (e.g. boardwalk empire, true blood, etc.) > 2) some sports you just won't get (e.g. Monday Night Football,...) > > If those aren't deal-breakers, give it a try. > > Cheers, > > --Christer > > On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Rob Ludwick <[email protected]> wrote: > > Did anyone else get the notice that Frontier TV was going up $30 per > > month? That happened after they said last year: "Nothing will > > change for FIOS customers.... Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha." (Maniacal > > laughter added by me for dramatic effect). > > > > However, if you move to DirectTV you get 1) a Free 32" TV and 2) Free > > DirecTV for the rest of the year. I'm sure the equipment fees are > > similar. > > > > The good news is they basically broke the contractual agreement I had > > with them, meaning I don't have to pay the ETF anymore. The bad news > > is that this seems like a step backwards for Fort Wayne, since it > > removes the highest quality delivery of service. > > > > My understanding is that they are going to push DSL (!) instead of FIOS > > internet too. This means that FIOS internet may be next on the chopping > > block. > > > > A couple of questions for the LUG. > > > > Is Comcast still compressing the heck out of HD signals to give a less > > than stellar HD signal? (Do you care?) > > > > How's DirectTV or Dish Satellite service for HD these days? > > > > And who has cut the cable and gone with hulu/netflix completely now? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Fwlug mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org > > > > This is a public list and all posts are archived publicly. Please keep this > > in mind before posting. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Fwlug mailing list > [email protected] > http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org > > This is a public list and all posts are archived publicly. Please keep this > in mind before posting. _______________________________________________ Fwlug mailing list [email protected] http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org This is a public list and all posts are archived publicly. Please keep this in mind before posting.
