Waiting for Verizon..

[Stephen Adler]

In order to shorten the video to 10 minutes, (I had to do *a lot* of 
editing to achieve this...) I dropped the part where Shawn, the 
installation guy, talks about the battery backup of the ONT unit. It's 
only good to keep voice alive as stated in the earlier e-mails.

I don't have comcast digital voice, and my old analogue phone was 
through verizon so I can't say much about comcast phone service. One 
this is for sure, once the verizon digital service started, my panasoic 
phone started to announce, through a quirky computer voice, the caller 
IDs of the incoming calls. That was kind of cool....

Cheers. Steve.

Mark Komarinski wrote:
> Scott Ehrlich wrote:
>   
>> Speaking of Verizon vs Comcast, what is the overall quality of service
>> from both companies, and, technically, quality of voice service,
>> between service through Comcast's voice options and through FIOS?
>>   
>>     
> I think I have more TV channels on Verizon than I do on Comcast.  Voice 
> doesn't seem any worse or better.  Internet seems better, but I don't 
> have any hard data - data download speeds are all over the map, so it's 
> tough to do a 1-1 comparison.  The only experience I had with either STB 
> was the Comcast HD DVR for a few months before I got a Tivo and never 
> looked back.
>   
>> I'd like to save money through a package deal, but I don't want to
>> have to have the demarc moved from its current location.    Last I
>> heard, phone service had to be routed through a special box inside the
>> house using Comcast's method, and I don't want to have to rely on VOIP
>> should power/Internet service go down.
>>
>>
>>   
>>     
>
> This is true for both FIOS and Comcast, but both boxes have a battery to 
> keep phone service operational in case the power goes out.  It's good 
> for a while (a few days?).  Fortunately I haven't had to test it for 
> either service.
>
> -Mark
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