Just Got FIOS TV!
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Yeah man it's stupid...I wish they would have told me because I wouldn't have switched.
When I had directv it was like that. I just DVR'ed shit and watched it later.
how is their support? i heard u gotta pay for a service visit even if the problem is outside ur home unlike cable.
Verzion FIOS is the shit...(Post #6,000)
FIOS has got to have the best picture quality I've ever seen from a service provider. Great customer satisfaction but weak ass customer support.
FIOS shows both east and coast feeds. You should have channels in your regular time slots as well. The movie channels have a (w) next to them for West coast.
Mine does! In case I miss a movie from the beginning I watch the west coast feed all the time!
cosings all of this.....esp the customer service...also annoying was i had to waste a personal day to wait for them to install the shit which takes 4 to 6 hours
Yea it takes all day, but it's worth it man...
it depends on how you're wired. my install took 1 hour, but I was already pre-wired and had conduit coming from outside my house to inside. Additionally, I always put my modem and router in my basement and wire out from that point.
I would love to say that FIOS has the best picture quality, but I would be lying. I still think Directv has got them beat for HD picture, but they've got Directv beat for SD picture on a HD tv. If that makes sense.
Man I can't wait till I can get that shit in my area so I can kick Comcast to the curb
Before signing up for all this new stuff questions should be asked FIRST! From what I heard the real nightmare comes when you try to end services and remove FIOS.
Google something like FIOS problems to see what others experience.
I'mma stick with my Comcast limited basic $15/mo. (yep! I'm a cheap MFer!) pay $15 for XM in the car and online and watch HBO and movies for FREE via PC.
Google something like FIOS problems to see what others experience.
I'mma stick with my Comcast limited basic $15/mo. (yep! I'm a cheap MFer!) pay $15 for XM in the car and online and watch HBO and movies for FREE via PC.
Ok for those wit the fios intel, I got a quest bout the DVR.
Why the hell do they have commercials showing in some of my programs recorded on the DVR?
Im not talkin regular commercials during breaks of the show.
Im talkin like the show is starting then like 20 secs after it starts, a commercial intterupts it (Normally a fios commercial about whats on demand) then the show resumes after the commecrial is done.
Shit is annoying cause during that time, u missing out part of the show. Sometimes they show two commercials back to back.
Any of yall having this problem?
Why the hell do they have commercials showing in some of my programs recorded on the DVR?
Im not talkin regular commercials during breaks of the show.
Im talkin like the show is starting then like 20 secs after it starts, a commercial intterupts it (Normally a fios commercial about whats on demand) then the show resumes after the commecrial is done.
Shit is annoying cause during that time, u missing out part of the show. Sometimes they show two commercials back to back.
Any of yall having this problem?
TELL THEM!
same here i line in long beach so we get the eastcoast and westcoast version of the premium channels. OP needs to look at his channel guide or make sure it is really FIOS. As for quality it is great compared to the shit i was getting from charter
Yeah lot of headaches getting setup on fiber optic services but its worth it
does that include phone and internet?
I live in Long Beach, Cali' too man what channels are the west coast feeds on for channels like HBO?
No.
nope! FUCK a Comcast bundle.
Phone & internet and cell via AT&T (used to be SBC who used to be SNET - Southern New England Telephone. I'm in CT) 2 phone lines (house # and office #/fax # includes unlimited long distance, caller ID/3-way, etc.) costs $60/mo.
AT&T cell is $25.
Does the FIOS install take over your whole house wiring? If so, that's the part where the uninstall will be costly and a pain.
They remove all copper wiring and replace it with fiber, THAT'S why it's costly. It is written in the fine print of their contract.
so was i..but my building was designed all wrong for it and it kept on getting snagged and shit...they had to run through a conduit in my closet to upstairs to the basement then finall outside..terrible
but i got my fios though
i got charter - fiber optics to the curb - 20mb/2mb internet (16mb/2mb for a few weeks until the upgrade is complete) and basic cable and phone (free hdtv and music)
I have sattelite for cable/ppv tv
Closest anyone will get to FIOS around here.
No complaints. Just downloaded lost in 3 minutes.
Fuck a comcast - im seeding torrents at 200kbps +
I have sattelite for cable/ppv tv
Closest anyone will get to FIOS around here.
No complaints. Just downloaded lost in 3 minutes.
Fuck a comcast - im seeding torrents at 200kbps +
first of all i got the complete package with all the premiums. anyways the HD premiums start at like 600 something. when u go to HBO for example you will see HBO and a few channels down you will see HBOw the one with W is the west coast version. its like that for the majority of the premiums
Does the FIOS install take over your whole house wiring? If so, that's the part where the uninstall will be costly and a pain.[/QUOTE]
no they even put in their own backup power supply
no they even put in their own backup power supply
at some the responses. Yes FIOS is just glorified cable service. It's still a Hybrid Fiber-Coax plant. It's just takes the fiber into the premises, before switching it to coax. All cable systems use fiber to an extent. Fiber is better, because it presents less loss, has much lower signal attentuation and greater bandwith. The problem with fiber is, it's very expensive to lay down infrastructure with, the gains in bandwith are marginal and it's much much harder to maintain. Since Verizon is running their signal at near-Ultra High Frequency, there's is less of a chance for some of the usual problems associated with coax plants ie composite triple beat, sub band noise, forward noise. So when comparing true cable companies to fiber companies, the difference in picture quality is the modulation and compression on the downstream. The difference in internet speed, is the padding and modulation of the upstream. I guess that's why Verizon comes in so hot.Similar threads
