Treatment by Verizon, while nothing to write home about, seems heavenly when compared with Comcurst.
*ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> *Providing Competitive Advantage through Effective IT Leadership* On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 9:18 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > > Anyone care to give forth with an opinion on the differences between > > the two, and a preference - customer service, reliability, etc? > > I don't have FiOS myself (I live in NH, where Verizon pulled a > "we're taking our ball and going home" move) but I know people who do, > and they love it. Similar quality to cable, but with more bandwidth > for less money. In particular, the upstream bandwidth is much better. > > The ONT (Optical Network Terminal) is powered by premises > electricity, not the network, same as cable company CPE. Many units > include a battery that's good for a few hours. Some report the > battery will only power phone (not data/Internet/TV), though -- this > may vary by location. > > Customer treatment sucks for both Verizon and Comcast. > > For phone service, it's totally different than POTS, but that > doesn't apply to you. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
