[TriLUG] OT: TIME WARNER ANNOUNCES INTRODUCTION OF PACKET SHAPING TECHNOLOGY NATIONWIDE

[William Sutton]

Interesting.  I'll keep that in mind should I ever have a chance to use 
FIOS.

-- 
William Sutton


On Mon, 11 Jun 2007, Ed Hill wrote:

> On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:42:50 -0400 (EDT) William Sutton wrote:
> 
> > I've had Comcast in Alabama and Virginia for 3-4 years now.  I had
> > TWC for 3-4 years in NC.  On the whole TWC impressed me as more
> > clueful and servicable.  Examples of Comcast's cluelessness:
> 
> [...snip...]
>  
> > I HATE Comcast.  I wish I had a viable alternative.  And to think
> > that I see commercials telling me how much of an innovater the cable
> > industry is.
> 
> 
> Yes!  We had the same experience with Comcast.  The Windows-only setup
> was junk--especially as we moved from one location to another and had
> to re-setup each time.
> 
> When FIOS came to our neighborhood I called Comcast and asked if they
> would match the FIOS terms and save us the hassle of switching over.
> The salesperson told us our suggestion was a non-starter and we should
> either take it (their rates and terms of service) or leave it.  So, we
> left.
> 
> When we returned our cable equipment to the local office they begged
> us not to leave and offered to match or beat any competitor.  We
> laughed and explained how they already had their chance and blew it.
> 
> Good riddance!  FIOS is much nicer from both a networking speed and a
> TV-User-Interface point of view.
> 
> Ed
> 
>