My clear preference is for FIOS over comcast for internet. The FIOS tv service left somethings to be desired. The cable box and its software is c-r-*-p (yes, it is crop). Perhaps unrelated to the set-top problems is that channels (particularly the local channels, and PBS) drop out all the time. You have never lived unless you try to delete a failed DVR recording from a FIOS cable box. I don't think the On demand offerings are as extensive (except in the area of porn). -Paul Meyer
Checkout One Laptop Per Child project laptop.org --- On Thu, 6/26/08, gerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: gerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Cable Fights FIOS with Lies To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@listserv.aol.com Date: Thursday, June 26, 2008, 2:12 PM http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/03/31/comcast-degrades-hd.html http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1008271 i have comcast in dc. my sister has fios in dallas, which was very much better. the differences i saw in the tv images was considerable. almost the same as the spread between regular and hd on a dvd. the ball at tennis is no longer round, and is fuzzy on comcast. for internet service comcast is much more than adequate for home and small office. At 10:01 PM 6/25/2008, you wrote: >Cable ads attacking Verizon confuse consumers >http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080621/ap_on_hi_te/tec_cable_vs_fiber_ads > >Cable companies are running ads with a curiously similar message, >emphasizing that cable networks "are" fiber-optic, even though none of >the companies draw fiber all the way to the home, like Verizon does in >most cases when it installs FiOS. This allows for higher Internet speeds >and, according to Consumer Reports, better picture quality. > >"Cable is deploying the rhetoric instead of the technology," said Verizon >spokeswoman Bobbi Henson. > > >************************************************************************* >** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
