fios and comcast

[american spirit]

so........ had a comcast rep come to my house and buy me back from fios. long story short, he promised to pay my full early termination fee from fios. however when i went to complete the cancellation comcast refused to pay the full 360 dollar fee. i decided to stick with fios for the 2 year contract.

with that said. comcast already came for the install. now i have verizon and comcast equipment at my house. non of my services are officially cancelled yet. is it easy for me to just plug back in all the fios tv/internet/phone equipment? i'm pretty sure my battery back up in the fios box is gone? do i need to do a fios service call for any reason?

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by american spirit

so........ had a comcast rep come to my house and buy me back from fios. long story short, he promised to pay my full early termination fee from fios. however when i went to complete the cancellation comcast refused to pay the full 360 dollar fee. i decided to stick with fios for the 2 year contract.

with that said. comcast already came for the install. now i have verizon and comcast equipment at my house. non of my services are officially cancelled yet. is it easy for me to just plug back in all the fios tv/internet/phone equipment? i'm pretty sure my battery back up in the fios box is gone? do i need to do a fios service call for any reason?

Comcast sucks... period.

The Fios battery backup shouldn't be gone, they are left installed even when service is canceled.

Just goes to show how terrible of a company Comcast is. They schedule you for an install and say that they'll pay the cancellation fee - then screw you over once the install is done.

I would have sent the Comcast tech away.

[Mike P]

I was so sick of Comcast, I took a step backwards--or so I thought--and bundled Verizon DSL with my phone and DirecTV. Of course, we don't have FIOS here, and likely won't get it in my lifetime.

Except that I got a pleasant surprise--my DSL is just as fast as Comcast's lousy cable service. And it doesn't go down for hour-long intervals at least twice a week.

[MAC]

I had comcast for 10 years and it was ok. Cable and phone was roughly 100 a month. No boxes needed as it just pliugged into the TV.

Switched over to fios about 2 years ago to save a couple of bucks. 79 a month cable and phone. Then there were the other fees, needed a box for each tv,DVR and 17 bux a month in taxes....

So switching to save a few bux now costs me 150 a month

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by MAC

I had comcast for 10 years and it was ok. Cable and phone was roughly 100 a month. No boxes needed as it just pliugged into the TV.

Switched over to fios about 2 years ago to save a couple of bucks. 79 a month cable and phone. Then there were the other fees, needed a box for each tv,DVR and 17 bux a month in taxes....

So switching to save a few bux now costs me 150 a month

Cable and internet with DVR costs me $100/month and I have the middle package.

[justplugit]

Originally Posted by MAC

I had comcast for 10 years and it was ok. Cable and phone was roughly 100 a month. No boxes needed as it just pliugged into the TV.

Switched over to fios about 2 years ago to save a couple of bucks. 79 a month cable and phone. Then there were the other fees, needed a box for each tv,DVR and 17 bux a month in taxes....

So switching to save a few bux now costs me 150 a month

I know Mac same here, and you have to double check their monthly bill
carefully for mistakes, especialy when they first install it.

[MakoMike]

I wish I could get my FIOS back, At the new house I have comcast and it really does suck. I'm thinking of switching over to direct TV.