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Title: FiOS timetable?
Post by: beetsnotbeats on February 11, 2008, 03:13:00 pm
I saw Verizon contractors laying cable in my Greenbelt 'hood as I was leaving this morning. Anybody have an idea about how long it takes to go live with FiOS from this point?
Title: Re: FiOS timetable?
Post by: ggw on February 11, 2008, 03:19:00 pm
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Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:
  I saw Verizon contractors laying cable in my Greenbelt 'hood as I was leaving this morning. Anybody have an idea about how long it takes to go live with FiOS from this point?
Based on my experience, it was about four weeks from the completion of the underground work before the salesman started hitting up everyone on my block, and about another three before I got an installation appointment (it takes all day).
Title: Re: FiOS timetable?
Post by: beetsnotbeats on February 11, 2008, 03:26:00 pm
Danke.
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Post by: godsshoeshine on February 11, 2008, 03:37:00 pm
we were supposed to have it a year ago. still nothing
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Post by: kosmo vinyl on February 11, 2008, 03:43:00 pm
except that it's been over four weeks, the end of october, since verizon pulled some of the wiring for FIOS in the historic hood of greenbelt... hopefully what you are seeing is them finishing up the process.  i really want to drop my over priced DSL provider..
Title: Re: FiOS timetable?
Post by: Here's the thing on February 11, 2008, 03:52:00 pm
When we signed up, it was a big help to compare the prices between our old company, Cox, and Verizon. They have the advertised Fios package, but they gave me an additional $10 per month off, plus 2 $100 verizon "gift cards" to beat the best price Cox offered. This was on top of the $200 Best Buy card that we opted for instead of the 19" TV they are currently offering.
 It never works for me when buying cars, but the "negotiation" worked in this case. They are anxious to get people to make the switch, so you might do even better.
Title: Re: FiOS timetable?
Post by: beetsnotbeats on February 11, 2008, 04:11:00 pm
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Originally posted by kosmo:
  except that it's been over four weeks, the end of october, since verizon pulled some of the wiring for FIOS in the historic hood of greenbelt... hopefully what you are seeing is them finishing up the process.  i really want to drop my over priced DSL provider..
I'm in Boxwood Village (near the police station and the Lakeside North apartments). A few weeks ago I saw the same crew (perhaps) laying cable along Kenilworth just north of Crescent Rd.
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Post by: godsshoeshine on February 11, 2008, 04:15:00 pm
do you guys have phone and tv with the internet, or just the net?
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Post by: ggw on February 11, 2008, 04:33:00 pm
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Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
  do you guys have phone and tv with the internet, or just the net?
I have all three with FIOS.  The price (including all the miscellaneous taxes and charges) is almost exactly what I was paying for the three services before (when Comcast was providing the net and TV).  But I get like a kajillion more channels - including a couple of dozen HD channels - and the internet is exponentially faster.
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Post by: chaz on February 11, 2008, 05:02:00 pm
I loved everything about Fios except the DVR was a serious POS.  And adding an HD tivo wasn't a good option for me....
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Post by: godsshoeshine on February 11, 2008, 05:02:00 pm
i'm just worried i'm going to get raped for just the net (and maybe phone)
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Post by: Got Haggis? on February 12, 2008, 09:36:00 pm
sadly, i think FIOs is never going to come to baltimore city.
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Post by: 930clubber on February 13, 2008, 02:09:00 am
it was a year before the first signs -- notification of work flyers from the contractor -- to actual service in my experience.
 
 if you don't live in a FiOS neighborhood, MOVE TO ONE.  fiber rawks.
Title: Re: FiOS timetable?
Post by: kosmo vinyl on February 13, 2008, 10:27:00 am
so the fios dvr is a pos...  does fios tv have OnDemand? does it play well with TIVO?
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Post by: ggw on February 13, 2008, 11:22:00 am
I am not a DVR connoisseur, but I don't have any issues with my FIOS DVR.  Yes, they have On Demand.
Title: Re: FiOS timetable?
Post by: chaz on February 13, 2008, 05:43:00 pm
My fios DVR was buggy as hell.  It was the HD one...the main thing it would do that really pissed me off is if I would pause something and then walk away and come back say 20 minutes later (not uncommon when giving the kids a bath or putting them to bed etc) the show would not be paused anymore and I wouldn't be able to rewind  back to where i was.  At this point all DVR features would be tanked and I'd have to reboot the box to get them to start  working again.  Totally annoying.
 
 Also the software was just so clunky and slow and the remote functions (whether using the supplied remote or my universal) were impossible...you'd have to be few feet away and hammering the buttons to get it to do what you wanted.
 
 I thought maybe I'd gotten a lemon and had the box replaced but had the same results.  Research on the net showed I was not the only one having serious issues with it.
 
 Apparently a major software overhaul is in the works for the DVR, but this has been rumored for maybe a year or so and still nothing, at least in this area.  When it's released and if people like it I may go back...maybe.
 
 Add to that that after I cancelled Fios and the guy came out to get the stuff (cable boxes routers etc) Verizon said they never got them back.  We fought with them for months and they kept saying it was all resolved and then next thing you know we'd get another bill for $1000 for the "missing" stuff.  They eventually sent it to collections for christ's sake!  We got it resolved finally, bu the whole thing left a very bad taste in my mouth.