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does anyone use the verizon fios?
i am looking at the 15/5 bundle with digital tv,think its $85 a month without contract.Does it work as good as they say, so i would get very close to those speeds or would it be like sky in the UK where you pay for 20 and only get 5mb at a push. We have 3 computers only but with sky one of us mostly cant get connected. i know fios is fibre optic unlike your sky so should be better. Be grateful to here you views or if you use brighthouse lightning internet what you think of that. thanks all:D |
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I've got exactly that bundle, and it's absolutely fine. Great picture on the tv and the advertised speeds on the internet. I pay $108 per month - lots of extras add up over the headline price, eg you have to rent the DVR, then I have HD so it's extra, if you want extra channels (like BBC America) you pay more......
You will find that the provided DVR and its software are not as sophisticated as a Sky+ box, but you'll manage. The only issue I do have is that every couple of days my iMac stops talking to the wi-fi router, but all my other gadgets are ok. |
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Originally Posted by yellowroom
(Post 10244199)
I've got exactly that bundle, and it's absolutely fine. Great picture on the tv and the advertised speeds on the internet. I pay $108 per month - lots of extras add up over the headline price, eg you have to rent the DVR, then I have HD so it's extra, if you want extra channels (like BBC America) you pay more......
You will find that the provided DVR and its software are not as sophisticated as a Sky+ box, but you'll manage. The only issue I do have is that every couple of days my iMac stops talking to the wi-fi router, but all my other gadgets are ok. |
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I've got work laptop, ipad, two iphones, appleTV and a Wii, but not all on at the same time!
Mine's a well known issue of compatability of the OS and a couple of routers. Plenty about it if you look at various Mac forums, and it's usually solved for me by turning wifi off and on again - two clicks and 5 seconds, so I'm not overly stressed by it. I could install a new one if I wanted. |
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Originally Posted by tipex
(Post 10244215)
how many other wifi items are running of the broadband then? cause thats why i can't seem to get all 3 computers logged on at the same time
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There's a recent thread which mentioned Fios: http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...highlight=fios
I use it and have no problems.
Originally Posted by yellowroom
(Post 10244199)
You will find that the provided DVR and its software are not as sophisticated as a Sky+ box, but you'll manage.
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Originally Posted by GeoffM
(Post 10244557)
There's a recent thread which mentioned Fios: http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...highlight=fios
I use it and have no problems. Really? Comparing Sky+ to the Fios STB is like comparing a ZX Spectrum with an Ipad. in its day:eek: |
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Originally Posted by tipex
(Post 10244215)
how many other wifi items are running of the broadband then? cause thats why i can't seem to get all 3 computers logged on at the same time
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Originally Posted by GeoffM
(Post 10244557)
Really? Comparing Sky+ to the Fios STB is like comparing a ZX Spectrum with an Ipad.
The UI is appalling and clunky, too many button presses. Separating out recorded programs from schedule makes no sense to me. It regularly refuses to record programs where it perceives there may be a clash (because the poxy channels schedule a program to finish at 10.01pm instead of 10pm, even though it actually finished at 9.59pm), whereas Sky+ would record up to the point of the clash. It can't cope with schedule changes at all (Sky+ will). FF and reverse are appalling. And the disk capacity is miniscule - I currently have 4 HD films on there and it's 50% full. I will grant that the On Demand service is good and better than Sky Anytime, but it has to be because of the number of missed recordings I have had. But again, the complex navigation to get to the program I want is very cumbersome. |
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Originally Posted by tipex
(Post 10244725)
hey, zx spectrum was a quality machine:thumbup:
in its day:eek:
Originally Posted by yellowroom
(Post 10244759)
Really? back at you. :p
The UI is appalling and clunky, too many button presses. Separating out recorded programs from schedule makes no sense to me. It regularly refuses to record programs where it perceives there may be a clash (because the poxy channels schedule a program to finish at 10.01pm instead of 10pm, even though it actually finished at 9.59pm), whereas Sky+ would record up to the point of the clash. It can't cope with schedule changes at all (Sky+ will). FF and reverse are appalling. And the disk capacity is miniscule - I currently have 4 HD films on there and it's 50% full. I will grant that the On Demand service is good and better than Sky Anytime, but it has to be because of the number of missed recordings I have had. But again, the complex navigation to get to the program I want is very cumbersome. Being able to watch stuff from one STB that was recorded on another one is great. Lost the remote? Use your phone! (You could browse and record in advance on Sky but not manipulate the TV/box from your phone like you can with Fios). Search is so much better than Sky's (search by any part of the title, compared to Sky which is scroll through masses of listings beginning with chosen letter). I think my old Sky+ box was a 60gig box. You could record about 60 half hour programmes or, bizarrely, 60 one minute programs. It seemed to have a huge allocation size for each recording. Looking at my model number, I think my Fios box has 500gig - and I've got two, so if one is full, I can send it to the other box instead. Sky Anytime was ok if you happened to like what they chose to record for you. Fios on demand is massively better. I'll take your word for schedule changes, though Sky+ didn't always cope too well either. |
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I'll grant you Search too, that is better in Fios
Your Sky+ must have been non-HD - My Sky+ disc was 500 gig too, and it was HD, so directly comparable with the Fios one. I will take simple and limited but robust and reliable over complex and unreliable every time. |
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Originally Posted by yellowroom
(Post 10244898)
I'll grant you Search too, that is better in Fios
Your Sky+ must have been non-HD - My Sky+ disc was 500 gig too, and it was HD, so directly comparable with the Fios one. I will take simple and limited but robust and reliable over complex and unreliable every time. Sometimes simple is good but I'd much rather keep Fios than have Sky, if there was such a choice. :thumbup: There's so much you can do with it so naturally the interface is going to be more complex. Don't you have kids to program it for you? :rofl: |
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You lot clearly watch too much TV.
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Originally Posted by tonrob
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You lot clearly watch too much TV.
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Originally Posted by kimilseung
(Post 10244744)
It seems odd that you can not get them to log on. Can you explain why you think they are not logging on, what error message or what circumstances occur.
the message she kept getting the other day was cannot connect to the internet, 4 times she swithched her computer and the router off before it would work again, she was sitting less than five foot from the router as well. |
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