Speaking of TV--once really nice thing about Comcast cable in Trenton (NJ) is that the minimal "anntenna service" level of service, that costs about $12 a month, includes about 50 channels, i.e. all the usual tier1 basic cable stuff.
In philly with whatever-it-is-now, the antenna service was exactly that--12 channels plus a bunch of shop at home junk, for $14 a month. To get trenton-level service would be about $30. Sorry, that's probably a little OT, but it pleases me to mention it. ~~James On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 12:21 PM, <ch...@nextpression.com> wrote: > Switched to FIOS from DSL more than two years ago. The rollout here in > North Texas is neighborhood by neighborhood; I've had it for more than two > years, and my friend across town still doesn't have it anywhere close. And > he's anxious: FIOS is a huge upgrade from anything else. I routinely get > 6-8 MBS downstream, and 3-4 MBS upstream. It's especially noticable in > bandwidth intensive applications such as Remote Desktop. VOIP goes from ... > Well, VOIP to land-line quality on FIOS. Bottom line: I routinely do things > now I would never dream of trying on DSL, such as running an app on the > server over RD while showing it on a VOIP WebEx conference call. > > Haven't tried the TV packages, so can't comment there. North Texas is as > flat as a board, which means you can get 15 channels over the air with > rabbit ears. > > Hope that helps. > > cjf > > Christopher J. Feola > President > nextPression, Inc. > www.nextPression.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: friam-boun...@redfish.com [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf > Of Owen Densmore > Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 5:18 PM > To: 1st-Mile-NM; The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > Subject: [FRIAM] Verizon FiOS - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia > > I was probing around for internet tv services (I'm considering dropping > cable/sat/.. and moving to AppleTV + "home theater" or similar .. i.e. > "internet tv") and happened across a NFL football site that offers HD > service through something called FiOS .. which I hadn't seen before. > > Apparently there's a very nifty broadband service evolving: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fios > Here's an older survey on it: > http://tinyurl.com/8m4mgx > One interesting statement they make is: The results are clear. If speed is > what you're after, go with FiOS first, cable second and DSL last. (I'd be > suspicious of the DSL/Cable difference, given the shared nature of cable.) > > Has anyone tried FiOS? Unfortunately it is not available in Santa Fe .. > we're a bit third world, alas. But maybe it'll get here some time and I'd > like to know if your experiences are good. > > -- Owen > ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
