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O/T - FIOS or Xfinity?

HonnyBrown — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 20:19:06 GMT

Foodies, if you've had both services, how do they compare?

We currently have FIOS and I'm not very pleased with them. The picture is great quality, but it pixelates often. We turn to the non-HD channels for less interference.

The internet has gotten slow.

They are expensive!

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seniorcitizen — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 20:56:39 GMT

We used to have FIOS until we moved and now we have comcast. I'd take FIOS anytime if I had a choice, but where I live now the cable is included in my HOA fees. The comcast frequently goes off for no reason while you are watching something and may or may not come right back on. Also , unless we pay through the teeth for extras - we don't really have very many of the channels we enjoyed when we had FIOS.

I can't comment on the price difference as we don't really know what we pay here per month and when we had FIOS we had our internet and bnoth cell phones and landline phone included. Now we have the internet and land line phone on verison , cells are tracfone and TV is comcast.

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deemun — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 21:15:05 GMT

There is just no way I would ever give up my FIOS. We have the triple play and are very, very pleased with the service. After having lived through Optimum (Cablevision), I can only praise FIOS.

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lolakimono — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 21:24:18 GMT

FIOS, for sure!

Xfinitity= Comcast

Comcast is not just the worst cable provider I have ever had, but they might be the worst business ever.

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Reba055 — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 22:23:56 GMT

As aggravating as Comcast can be if you have an issue, and it pains me to say it, we've had years of service now with almost no service interruption ever. Fastest download speed, great picture on cable, no issues. And I live in FL with tons of storms. Now let me go find some wood to knock...

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sunshine45 — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 02:43:37 GMT

great overall service from comcast xfinity......have had it for YEARS.

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Carmie — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 03:03:51 GMT

I have had Comcast for over 30 years..we had the triple play. The cost was about $209 a month. The internet is fine, but the TV has been getting worse for years. I have a new TV, but the picture always looked to dark no matter how we adjusted it.

About 2 weeks ago, we got Direct TV. OMG what a difference. Even my old TV's look new. It's the best picture ever. I wish I would have gotten this years ago. Our weather has been pretty bad and the installer had to install it in the snow. Weather doesn't cause any problems with picture quality. If it is available in your area, you might want to check them out.

We still have Comcast/Xfinity internet. It's the best we can get in our area. Fios only offers slow internet service in our neighborhood and no cable service at all.

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Sylanne — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 03:16:31 GMT

FIOS for sure.

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HonnyBrown — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 22:01:05 GMT

Wow, thanks everyone!

I had DirecTV before and I loved them, but I want an internet package.

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BichonEmma — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 02:44:19 GMT

stay as far away from comcast that you can. Horrible horrible company to deal with and if you're in the northeast their lines are so old. They don't care at all. The fios lines have all been run within the last decade or so not in the 1970s. I would dump them in a heartbeat if verizon would off more then 1m dsl here

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HonnyBrown — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 03:16:10 GMT

Comcast has, from what I've read, is beefing up their customer service. It looks like they listened to their former customers.

We're cell only, so we're just looking for the TV internet packages.

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Blk&GoldFan — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 03:57:21 GMT

We had Comcast, switched to Fios when they came into our neighborhood with great deals. LOVED their special offers on movie rentals. Every week they would offer a discount on a few new movies to rent. The problem we had was trying to view movies on Netflix....constant buffering they couldn't resolve. Switched back to Comcast. I can view Netflix and Amazon without issues. End of my contract coming up and I'm considering a switch back to Fios for cost issues if they can guarantee in writing I'll have good reception for Netflix as well as Amazon. We'll see.

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Luvtoshopathome — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 11:52:04 GMT

I would t go with either one. I just had the Fios triple play installed on Tuesday and I've been on the phone with them every day since then with problems. They don't provide any kind of booklet telling you how to use anything, so if you don't know how to use the DVR or anything else , you have to call in. Horrible wait time, representatives that don't know how to fix a problem so they hang up on you. The font on the guide is so small. They completely screwed up my phone service and it took speaking to 5 reps before it was resolved. I can go on and on. Do you think I'm stressed??? I had Comcast as my first triple play company, they are the worst company ever and everyone that I know that has them hates them but they have no other choice where they live. I had DirectTV and loved it but changed to Fios because they were offering $79.99 price for their triple play plus a bonus $400 Visa gift card. Well that package had hardly any channels we watched, so then the rep. Checked the next package, that also didn't have some channels we watched but, of course, the ultimate package has everything including all the premium movie channels. So now the price went from $79.99 a month to $183.00 a month, $55.00 more than I paid for Verizon service with DirectTv triple play. I have 14 days to cancel Fios and I'm seriously considering it. Just too many problems. Good luck!

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Luvtoshopathome — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 11:55:51 GMT

On 2/22/2015 HonnyBrown said:
Wow, thanks everyone!

I had DirecTV before and I loved them, but I want an internet package.

Where do you live? I had the Triple Play with Verizon and DirectTV. You should call DirectTV and ask them what company works with them to get internet. I know they do work with other companies.

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HonnyBrown — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 02:45:50 GMT

We're in Maryland. The Comcast prices are much cheaper than FIOS.

I'll ask DTV about their internet package!!!