- Jun 23, 2004
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So here's how I've broken down trying to decide which to go with.......(aka, whether to stick w/ cable or not)...........
Cable:
1.) Analog cable gives me 99% of the channels I care about and I don't need a set top box for any TV in my house........(at least not 'til 2009??)
2.) Still under $100 (I think it's $96 right now) for TV + HSI (4m down and 384k up)
3.) Pretty reliable uptime and considering I use Sunrocket for telephone, that's important.
FIOS:
1.) Analog FIOS gives about 50% of the channels I care about (none of the upper channels like cable has, like TLC, TNT, TBS, USA, etc.) This means I'd have to go to using FIOS set top boxes.
2.) Analog *would* have been much cheaper (VZ has a $12.95 plan for analog TV), except their analog TV has very few channels that anybody's used to. (i.e. their upper channels are not the upper channels you're used to on cable, so you're basically just gettin' the network channels like 1 thru 13.)
3.) FIOS "internet" does give a higher upload rate and one Mb higher download rate (5M/2M for FIOS vs. 4M/384K for cable) but I don't know if that's worth shakin' up my current setup for.
And once you consider that I'd have to pay for FIOS's digital cable, the $12.95 price goes right up to $39.99 which is about what I pay for cable. Plus, I get a discount for cable TV + internet.......(1st service is $39.99 & each additional service knocks off $5, so in essence internet is $34.95).
Knowing all that (and unless I'm missing something like VZ givin' away up to 4 free STB's to entice people), is it me, or does it seem like a better idea to stay w/ cable.........at least until analog cable is gone.
???????
CLIFFS -------------> Both cost $100/month (give or take a few bucks)
FIOS ---has a *little* more internet speed, but requires STB's for every TV in the house
CABLE ---has less internet speed, but doesn't require any STB's at all and gives me most of what I want.
Cable:
1.) Analog cable gives me 99% of the channels I care about and I don't need a set top box for any TV in my house........(at least not 'til 2009??)
2.) Still under $100 (I think it's $96 right now) for TV + HSI (4m down and 384k up)
3.) Pretty reliable uptime and considering I use Sunrocket for telephone, that's important.
FIOS:
1.) Analog FIOS gives about 50% of the channels I care about (none of the upper channels like cable has, like TLC, TNT, TBS, USA, etc.) This means I'd have to go to using FIOS set top boxes.
2.) Analog *would* have been much cheaper (VZ has a $12.95 plan for analog TV), except their analog TV has very few channels that anybody's used to. (i.e. their upper channels are not the upper channels you're used to on cable, so you're basically just gettin' the network channels like 1 thru 13.)
3.) FIOS "internet" does give a higher upload rate and one Mb higher download rate (5M/2M for FIOS vs. 4M/384K for cable) but I don't know if that's worth shakin' up my current setup for.
And once you consider that I'd have to pay for FIOS's digital cable, the $12.95 price goes right up to $39.99 which is about what I pay for cable. Plus, I get a discount for cable TV + internet.......(1st service is $39.99 & each additional service knocks off $5, so in essence internet is $34.95).
Knowing all that (and unless I'm missing something like VZ givin' away up to 4 free STB's to entice people), is it me, or does it seem like a better idea to stay w/ cable.........at least until analog cable is gone.
???????
CLIFFS -------------> Both cost $100/month (give or take a few bucks)
FIOS ---has a *little* more internet speed, but requires STB's for every TV in the house
CABLE ---has less internet speed, but doesn't require any STB's at all and gives me most of what I want.
Thats okay I would have done the same
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