fios or comcast
02-05-2008, 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by SSSnakeSSS,Feb 5 2008, 10:33 AM
Fios has the greater potential for future add ons and channels. Their fiber optic setup is way beyond what comcast could ever offer. And to boot it up a notch, Verizon is already building more and more bandwidth into their network. They just need to get more channels to have an equal footing with cable in that area. But cable will never, quote never have the bandwidth that fios does without totally upgrading all their wirering to your home and their hubs.
The choice is not always clear. Personally I am betting on the potential of fios. When I had cable our internet connection had speed issues, fios has not even flinched with 4 computers and 2 game consoles connected to it.
Go for the potential. The heck with HBO it gets boring anyways.
The choice is not always clear. Personally I am betting on the potential of fios. When I had cable our internet connection had speed issues, fios has not even flinched with 4 computers and 2 game consoles connected to it.
Go for the potential. The heck with HBO it gets boring anyways.
02-05-2008, 04:12 PM
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I should also point out that once you get FIOS, your home phone also comes over the fiber which requires power to work. So, verizon installs a backup battery thing with their box to keep your home phone working if you lose power. The backup is, I think, good for half and hour or so. If I knew this ahead of time I might not have gone FIOS.
02-05-2008, 04:36 PM
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If power fails, doesn't your cordless phone fail to work properly anyway? I thought if power was out, even hardline phones would be out as well, no?
At least Verizon has something there in case of power outages...
At least Verizon has something there in case of power outages...
02-05-2008, 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted by mas,Feb 5 2008, 08:12 PM
I should also point out that once you get FIOS, your home phone also comes over the fiber which requires power to work. So, verizon installs a backup battery thing with their box to keep your home phone working if you lose power. The backup is, I think, good for half and hour or so. If I knew this ahead of time I might not have gone FIOS.
I have my modem on a 750 UPS which pushes it out to hours of service.
It's shared with my PC but is set up when powers out for a few minutes to shut the pc down.
02-05-2008, 04:40 PM
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I still want to know why if you aren't doing online gaming or heavy downloading and need the bandwidth, why would you pay more for the un-needed bandwidth and also lose tv programming? Just to be part of the fios club or something?
02-05-2008, 04:46 PM
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it's latency man.
how fast will the page be there.
mind you I can periodically suck down BIG files.
largest single download so far 3.8 gig.
for some DVD ISO images for linux distro disks
how fast will the page be there.
mind you I can periodically suck down BIG files.
largest single download so far 3.8 gig.
for some DVD ISO images for linux distro disks
02-05-2008, 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by mas,Feb 5 2008, 08:12 PM
I should also point out that once you get FIOS, your home phone also comes over the fiber which requires power to work. So, verizon installs a backup battery thing with their box to keep your home phone working if you lose power. The backup is, I think, good for half and hour or so. If I knew this ahead of time I might not have gone FIOS.
02-05-2008, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by sireousrex,Feb 5 2008, 08:40 PM
I still want to know why if you aren't doing online gaming or heavy downloading and need the bandwidth, why would you pay more for the un-needed bandwidth and also lose tv programming? Just to be part of the fios club or something?
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