On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 19:10, Richard Stovall <[email protected]> wrote: > I've had FIOS at home for a couple of years now. It has been down > maybe 3 times that I know of, and each of those has been only for a > few minutes. I only had to call customer service once, and it was > back up by the time I got to a technician (maybe 10 or 15 minutes all > told). We also have TV with Verizon and the picture quality is far > superior to what we experienced with Comcast. The crazy Motorola STB > decides it wants to freak out every once in a while and reboots > itself, but other than that the TV has been fantastic.
That's good input - Thanks. > One thing about FIOS is that Verizon will literally remove the > existing copper wire to your house making it difficult to obtain > traditional phone service from another provider down the road. Knew that - am trying to figure out if that's relevant to me. Not sure yet. > Oh, > and their CEO is a BIG fan of net neutrality > -http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10379932-266.html. Didn't know that. That's truly a bummer. > I pretty much hate Verizon, but FIOS is a superb offering. We use Verizon for our cell phones at work, and our BB, so, well, let's just say that all ISPs, phone companies and operating systems suck, just in different ways. The trick is finding one that sucks in ways you don't care about - as much. Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
