you want their coax everywhere. i was surprised when FIOS came in and said that the cable in the house was the same as their cable, and did not recable the house. i presume they would have recabled if i requested.
FIOS dug a new trench from about 2-300 feet west to someplace to the far east to install my new FIOS. a lot of it was hand dug. the comcast box and cable was on the far side of the street. fios came down the public right of way section of my yard and put in new cable. the cable was double(2 cables) and bright orange. when i had 768 at the factory and 3mb at home, i could seldom tell the difference. only in downloading a long file from a really good server. At 02:48 PM 10/26/2008, you wrote: >questions: > >i have a wire from pole to house that is over 15 years old just sitting >there unused ...should I make them put a new one up? >i have coaxial cable to the rooms with TVs (2) and room with 2nd TV has the >computer ...will that coax (also about 15+ years old but working fine with >40' tower antenna to analog TVs) be good for the new service or do I need to >insist they drag a new cable for that ? ...for the internet connection? >I intend to replace my dialup (gets about 23kbps speed usually or worse) >with the cheapest internet they offer (768kbps) ...that's about the speed of >DSL ...that costs $24.95/mo forever ...they also have 6mb/s for >34.95/6mo-->42.95 after which I can change to for $1.99 fee later...I intend >to start with the cheapie and see ...comments? >I can get "limited" TV for $10/mo x 12mo then $14 after and of course can >get more ...I have no HDTVs (hope is to see the bottom of prices this season >as nobody has any cash to spare) and see about upgrades but for now will >keep analog TV (1984 Sony KV25XBR very nice set) and JVC DR-MV1S (VCR/DVDR >dual tuner analog) which are working fine and a little analog screen next to >my computer for now ...any comments? > > >************************************************************************* >** 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/ ** *************************************************************************
