Re: [CGUYS] Cable Fights FIOS with Lies
We have finally decided to move to Verizon FIOS. Verizon has been pushing it hard in my area, even going so far as to send door-to-door salespeople, which ordinarily ups my sales resistance, but inthis case I have finally been persuaded. Verizon is offering to replace our landline, cable and internet service for about as much as we are paying Comcast for our cable and internet, so we will essentially be saving the cost of our home phone service. Furthermore, if we merge our cell phone bill (already with Verizon) with the FIOS bill, they have promised to take 20% off that. We can pay an extra $5/month to lock in these rates for two years, and will have 90 days to rescind service without penalty. The basic cable lineup we will get is also better than what comcast provides. Even if there turn out to be a few small gotchas in the details, I am fed up with Comcast's service. They can't even properly manage their core competency as a cable provider properly. I see pixellation on the digital channels daily. Also, they can't seem to grasp the fact that people like to watch particular channels, so they routinely move channels around (usually swapping analogue to digital in order to gain bandwidth) and neglect to tell anyone where they have moved. They could use their cable box messaging for this purpose, but instead only use it for promotions. As for the internet service, it has gotten very slow lately, and I can't listen to any internet streaming without lots of buffering. I have gone through this before, and I am sure that it is because the addition of new customers to our local node have overloaded it and things will get better when Comcast gets around to putting in some new hardware, but as Tom has pointed out, their service on the other end with email etc. is likewise terrible. David On Jun 26, 2008, at 12:00 AM, COMPUTERGUYS-L automatic digest system wrote: Subject: Re: Cable Fights FIOS with Lies I like the last bit about Verizon running misleading ads regarding compressed and uncompressed video. Personally I don't care if they lay kewpie dolls from end to end, I care about the end result and cost. Mike * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Cable Fights FIOS with Lies
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/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Cable Fights FIOS with Lies
>Let the product do the talking and let the marketplace decide is >my philosophy. Looks to me like engineer logic, but the market works with marketing logic. That is why this story caught my attention. The marketeers list features that are irrelevant to how their product performs and swift boat the competition with bizarre claims. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Vista?
Deadline passed and I see we've been hoodwinked by Dell. While XP Home is now no longer available thay are selling PCs with XP Pro on the hard drive and a Vista DVD in the box. So this is actually an even better buy than the deal they terminated last week. Two versions of the OS for the price of one. The engineer in me hates being lied to by vendors. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Vista?
I guess I wasn't following this as closely as you, hoodwinked how? Mike On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Deadline passed and I see we've been hoodwinked by Dell. While XP Home is > now no longer available thay are selling PCs with XP Pro on the hard > drive and a Vista DVD in the box. So this is actually an even better buy > than the deal they terminated last week. Two versions of the OS for the > price of one. > > The engineer in me hates being lied to by vendors. > > > * > ** 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/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Vista?
As I read it retail sales of XP ended this month. It is still allowed to be sold with system till sometime this fall. Also it will be allowed to be included on economy systems. (Under a certain dollar value) It is closer to MS caving into demand that Dell misleading. I believe that MS has changed their tune many times this year on XP. (Also note Tom you need to be buying Business systems I think to get what you are getting, retail out the door systems do not have XP on them.) Stewart At 07:34 PM 6/26/2008, you wrote: I guess I wasn't following this as closely as you, hoodwinked how? Mike On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org Ozark, AL SL 82 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Just another cell phone service question
Have any of you used the Credo (formerly Working Assets) cellular network? What are your impressions of it's reliability? Thanks Paula IN/USA Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!" Have a wonderful day! * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
