We have phone, internet, TV service with Verizon. Yesterday we upgraded
the FiOS service (following delivery of a 50" plasma early Christmas
present). New package almost doubles our internet speed from 20 to 35
mbps, added 119 hidef channels, a multi-room dvr and the total price
went down from our previous package. High definition is awesome. Now my
collection of regular dvds look "just adequate".
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631-424-2121 | www.zuiko.com
Olympus OM Service since 1977
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Jim Nichols wrote:
> Moose,
>
> Our municipal utility provider won approval to install a fiber optic system
> here, and I was a beta tester when they reached our neighborhood. I liked
> it, and still use it, receiving telephone, HDTV, and internet services. I
> gave up my AT&T service and cable, and save about $80 a month by combining
> it all in one package. I do use a separate mobile phone provider, to avoid
> some common calamity.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 3:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [OM] An OT gadget of possible interest
>
>
>> Chris Barker wrote:
>>> That might be a big "if", Moose, but I wish you luck; it seems like a
>>> good idea.
>>>
>> That's where user reviews are useful. they report on tha actuality of
>> using this stuff. Thre are actually a couple of competing solutions. One
>> is the same box with a different name, one only sold by the maker and
>> with no reviews and the other some sort of Panasonic combo with cordless
>> phones.
>>
>> This one is the one with good user reviews, including a couple who tried
>> another and ended up happy with this one. So sure, there's a risk, but I
>> can always send it back if it isn't good. I won't be canceling the
>> landline until we've tried it out.
>>
>>> You can't use a landline telephone number with a mobile, in the UK,
>> Here, most telephone numbers are transferable, called "portable" here.
>> It was a political victory for consumer advocates.
>>
>>> and most homes rely on the landline for their broadband.
>>>
>> The two come over the same wires, but may be separate for operational
>> and billing purposes. I could drop the telephone service and keep DSL.
>>
>> Again, consumer advocates managed to force several provisions through
>> that providers didn't much like. Of course, it may cut both ways. My
>> cell provider benefits from my ability to take my long time home # with
>> me, but they are also a major landline provider in other areas, where
>> they may find customers moving because it's relatively easy.
>>
>> Cable companies are major broadband providers in much, if not most of
>> the US. The "phone company" here will eventually run new, probably
>> optical, wiring into my area and will then offer both real high speed
>> internet access, but video services in competition with the cable
>> company. But I've been waiting a long time with no schedule.
>>
>> It's all cyclical. A predecessor cable company was at first the only
>> broadband provider where I live. Then DSL became available while cable
>> didn't increase capacity to keep up with traffic and things slowed down,
>> so I switched to the then superior DSL. Two owners later, cable has run
>> optical fiber here and has much faster service, according to a neighbor,
>> as well as their ads.
>>
>> Moose
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