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Old 02-04-2008, 02:55 PM
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so i pay comcast 150 a month for net, phone and high def with dvr hbo and stars

fios is now in town

160 a month

same stuff BUT much faster internet almost the same channel line up except the movie package does not have hbo for that price

both want a two year contract with 175 early termination fee

comcast will send 100 gift card

fios will send a 19inch hd lcd

not too sure who to go with
Old 02-04-2008, 02:56 PM
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FiOS...

Can't beat rock steady fiber optic net...
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the two year contract part is getting old real fast.
the whole anytime you touch your service they want to restart your contract for two years.
same thing with verizon cell coverage.
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oh and the thing i forgot

fios is out of high def boxes until march or april
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wish i had fios in maine it would be a no brainer for me
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comcast 15 less a month & more tv

fios faster net less tv 15 more

i'm so
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the faster net does it for me not a TV holic im not
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I'm not impressed with their DVRs yet - have heard of many issues with remote delays, weired skip feature, etc. I don't like that they require seperate set top boxes for every TV. I currently have Dish network and just one DVR box is all we need for our two TVs.

I have everything else from verizon (FIOS internet, cell phones, local, long distance and international) and wish their TV service was better so I could bundle it all togather and save money and have one less bill to pay.
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from their web page it looks like it is the same Motorola DVR.
I have two from comcast and yep they have issues. every once in a while they sort of get confused for awhile.
The box get the remote message and just sort of stores it for a while but doesn't actually DO anything for quite a while.
Meanwhile your banging away trying to figure out why it isn't doing anything, adding more commands on top of each other.
then suddenly....IT"S ALIVE...screens start flipping in and out and menus jumping up and down.
ten minutes later it finally calms down and starts working normally again like nothing ever happened.
thank you moto
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I only signed for a 1yr contract with the FiOS...


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