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Feedback on Verizon FIOS

Well I wrote about Time Warner's VoIP and that prompted someone to write in on their expereinces with Verizon's FIOS (Phone, Internet and TV):

To get the NFL network I switched from IO cable, regular verizon phone service and verizon DSL to go to Verizon FIOS triple play (with FIOS TV). Well I had it installed on Thursday and I will share what I have experienced so far. I had many premium movie stations on both packages. I saved better than 20% by going with the triple package.

First I will cover the simple ones:

Phone- Works as good as before, with free long distance and toll calls. It has a battery back up, so in a power outage the phone will still work for 8 hours of talk time (I understand IO cable phone service doesn't have a battery back up).

Internet- 20 megs download speed and better than 5 megs upload (ran an online test to confirm these numbers).

TV- Well I find the picture to be equal to, or maybe a little better than cable. The sound is better with FIOS, rather than cable. I understand FIOS has more bandwidth so there isn't a need to compress the signal as much, so you get better quality. The cable guide and interaction is a wash, both IO and FIOS have their pluses and minuses. The one thing that FIOS really stands out, is on demand. They got tons of free on-demand. On-demand is included on all the premium channels, like HBO, Startz etc, is included free with the channel. On top of that they got tons of regular cable TV channels with on-demand. So there is almost always something worth watching when you want to watch TV. In addition I got the multi-room DVR. For those that don't have DVR, with their digital cable, get it! Best cable money you can spend, it changes the way you watch TV. The multi-room allows me to record programs on one TV, but be able to watch them on any tv in the house. This is a pretty cool feature.

Finally for the techies- FIOS brings fiber optic feed right to your house. THe fiber optic cable has 4 different spectrums of light (TV, internet, phone and interactive). Once it gets to your house it's converted into regular phone wire for your phone and coax cable for your TV and internet. Because the signal is generated right at your house, you don't have the problems with signal strength or interference.

Posted by James Trotta at July 3, 2007 12:25 AM