Re: 6.3x Software Versions

I've had issues with my internet being intermittent but the Verizon
Tech Support people have been working diligently with me to find the
problem. I seem to be the exception to the rule in this area since
everyone else I know with FIOS internet absolutely loves it.

My TV service has been great. I only interface with FIOS through my
S3 Tivo but I have their set-top boxes elsewhere in the house,
including one of the HD boxes. If you're considering a HD-DVR then
forget about their DVR. They use the Motorola QIP6416 and it's a
POS from what I've seen. It only supports one IR codeset so you
can't have more than one of them in the same room. It also only has
a 160GB drive, which is an absolute joke when it somes to recording
HDTV.

The picture quality is definitely better than DirecTV's mpeg2
offerings. I haven't seen the latest mpeg4 HD channels to compare
it against.

Aside from the usual growing pains when switching to a different
service provider (it took me 7 months to get my long distance set up
properly), I've enjoyed the transition. I especially like the fact
that I get my phone, internet, TV, and wireless phone service
consolidated into a single bill. I already had Verizon for wireless
and local phone service. When I combined the internet and TV into
the package I got a slight discount and unlimited long distance was
included at no extra charge. My TV bill is comparable to DirecTV
with the same package and features but the better picture quality
makes it even sweeter.

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• Multimedia course
• Multimedia education
• Multimedia training
• Multimedia program
• Multimedia projector rental

Very cool. ; I want it, I want it, I want it.  I definitely think the fios setup is the wave of the future.  Beaming MBs of data 22,000 miles up into space and bouncing it back down is just not an efficient setup.  As the fiber infrastructure grows, I think it will be the delivery medium of choice.  Light rocks over electricity anyway.  It's pretty hard to interfere with light, and the bandwidth potential beats satellite/cable hands down. ;

FYI, I get all of my services packaged with Qwest, the same way you do with Verizon.  I get discounts based on the number of services I have with them. ; Even my DirecTV is discounted a few bucks over what I would pat DirecTV directly.  It's pretty cool having all the services on the same bill. ; And I can log in to my account and see any details I want to see on any portion of the bill (I'm sure you can too).

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I've had issues with my internet being intermittent but the Verizon 
Tech Support people have been working diligently with me to find the 
problem.  I seem to be the exception to the rule in this area since 
everyone else I know with FIOS internet absolutely loves it.

My TV service has been great.  I only interface with FIOS through my 
S3 Tivo but I have their set-top boxes elsewhere in the house, 
including one of the HD boxes.  If you're considering a HD-DVR then 
forget about their DVR.  They use the Motorola QIP6416 and it's a 
POS from what I've seen.  It only supports one IR codeset so you 
can't have more than one of them in the same room.  It also only has 
a 160GB drive, which is an absolute joke when it somes to recording 
HDTV.


The picture quality is definitely better than DirecTV's mpeg2 
offerings.  I haven't seen the latest mpeg4 HD channels to compare 
it against.

Aside from the usual growing pains when switching to a different 
service provider (it took me 7 months to get my long distance set up 
properly), I've enjoyed the transition.  I especially like the fact 
that I get my phone, internet, TV, and wireless phone service 
consolidated into a single bill.  I already had Verizon for wireless 
and local phone service.  When I combined the internet and TV into 
the package I got a slight discount and unlimited long distance was 
included at no extra charge.  My TV bill is comparable to DirecTV 
with the same package and features but the better picture quality 
makes it even sweeter.



 
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