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VZ vs Comcast



Dan,
    I just started with Fios for Internet access and TV. The issue for me is 
service and money. I was paying $90 plus for Internet and TV. The Internet 
service is faster and I now have about twice as many channels and the "on 
demand" feature for $85 a month. This will go up at the end of 12 months. 
The down side is finding where the channels are in the new system. I 'm 
ending my year commitment with Vontage and will be looking into the Trix box 
solution for the home phone. We have cell phone too.

Stephen




Stephen Goldman
System Administrator
MIT Biology
sgoldman at mit.edu

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Ritter" <dsr at tao.merseine.nu>
To: <discuss at blu.org>
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 9:47 PM
Subject: VZ vs Comcast


>
> Verizon just sent me a letter indicating that FIOS service is
> now available in my chunk of Waltham.
>
> I like the idea of more cheap bandwidth, but I dislike Verizon.
> (Not that I'm enchanted with Comcast, but they have done a
> decent job of providing bandwidth and staying out of my way.)
>
> So I called up Comcast and asked if they could match VZ's offer
> in any way.
>
> After almost 15 minutes on hold, a Comcast rep told me that they
> were rolling out 16Mb/s service to Waltham as a free upgrade,
> but she had no timeline for my neighborhood. She affirmed that
> at least some parts of Waltham had this already.
>
> Any Comcast subscribers seeing 16Mb/s downloads?
>
> -dsr-
>
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