Cable and FIOS
31 10 2007ASL Video - Approx 2:54 Minutes Long
Grant discussed about his experience with cable-based ISP (Internet Service Provider) for past 12 years. He remembers clearly when local cable company name Telecommunication Inc. launched high speed internet access. Everyone was so exciting at this time.
He had cable service for years – he frustrated with their poor service from time to time and as well as cable downtime periodically. Their price structure is too high just for Internet and TV – usually over $100 a month. (Regular Internet package plan and extended TV package including DVR/HD cable box) He tried to sign up DSL service but it was not available in his area due to telephone center too far away from his house. Also, the management kept change or buyout by another companies. We had five different vendors but same service – Telecommunication Inc., @HOME, ATTBI, Comcast, and now Time Warner Cable.
Again, it was fine most of the time but time for him to move on. He signed up Verizon FIOS service for both TV and Internet. They will install sometime this week. (First week of November 2007) The Internet package is much better and faster and TV package is very attractive – they already have about 12 HD Channels plus local HD channels. (TWC has four HD channels plus local HD channels)
No hard feeling; thank you for amazing technology during that time. Time for change.
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Grant W Laird Jr.
http://blog.grantlairdjr.com
Since we do not need the audio-only comment button for the obvious reason, you may want to know that you can manually modify the PHP file to delete the audio button. I did that and it worked for my ASC vlog/blog.
Candace A. McCullough
Candace,
Yes I need to do that ASAP. Thanks for bring it up!
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Tayler,
My response - video comment:
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hey i see OJO VIDEO PHONE IN THE BACK GROUND..
GRANT! TELL US ABOUT THOSE DOES.. IS IT WORTH IT?
VP OR OJO WHICH THE BEST?
FIOS…. we dont have verizon in my town but only at&t. i do look forward to having at&t’s u-verse (a same type of verizon fios) in my town. i am getting annoyed from comcast cable that goes up and down and up and down. so hopefully at&t u-verse will arrive to here in early 2008. i read some articles that u-verse will come with over 100 HD channels which is good.
out of my curiousity, how do you like verizon fois since oct 31 ? does it have more HD channels than your ex cable’s ? is its price more cheap than the cable ? does fios have more features or same features as cable ?
thanks and happy turkey week !