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[Christopher R. Merlo]

On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 3:07 PM, David Mintz <david at davidmintz.org> wrote:

> Anybody using Verizon's FIOS and have any comments? I am moving next week
> (from Maplewood NJ to South Orange NJ) and considering ordering. I want to
> make sure they don't do block you from connecting to your own machine via
> http or ssh from outside your home. That would be a dealbreaker.


I have a friend who has FiOS Internet service (in Garden City, NY), ordered
their TV service when his satellite contract expired, and then paid the
unreasonable cancellation fee to go back to satellite TV.  Apparently there
isn't enough bandwidth for both TV and Internet, and heavy Internet traffic
would screw up the TV signal.  I have no direct knowledge, so take this
story for what it's worth.


> The other broadband alternative in this area is Cablevision. Any comments?
> Thanks.


I am no huge fan of Cablevision, but I have been a subscriber for going on 7
years now (much longer than that if you count living with my parents and
various roommates), and I have had virtually no significant trouble with
them.  It's pricey, and the DVR is no Tivo, but it works, and the HD looks
really nice.  (Especially the Mets and Giants, which is what matters to me
the most.)  I thought about switching to FiOS when Cablevision announced
Optimum WiFi, which I have used quite a bit more frequently than I expected
I would; for instance, standing on line at the deli or something, reading
e-mail on my iPhone.

Cablevision will probably wind up keeping me for life if they figure out
some way I can set the DVR over the Internet, like other providers do.
My $0.02,
-c
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