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   Competition in the Market

   

   Erick Erickson, Nov 23rd, 2005 @ 6:39am

   
   

   I was writing about this the other day here. Across the nation, when Verizon brings FIOS into the market, or an existing company meets lower priced or highed speed competition, prices are dropping and speeds are going up. Consumers are the ones benefiting, which is phenomenal.

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   Re: Competition in the Market

   

   Howard, Nov 23rd, 2005 @ 8:12am

   
   

   Up until Verizon FIOS was available in my neighborhood, Comcast cable was the only broadband (except for wireless with a very high setup cost) service I could get. And it sucked. Every time I had an outage (which was frequent), I had to spend 20 minutes playing the "let's reset the cable modem" game before I could get the CSR with the heavy Indian accent to admit that there was a Comcast network problem in my area. It got on my nerves because I was wiring and maintaining networks when the Indians on the help desk were in diapers. (Hmmm... do they use diapers in India?)

   I get my Verizon FIOS next week, so Comcast can kiss my behind (or is the bottom of my foot more appropriate for an Indian insult?). As far as I'm concerned, they are history. They are going to have to do some major backpeddling on their idea of "customer service" to stay in business -- I won't be back; I don't even care if they make a counteroffer with a lower price. Their customer service sucked so bad I will have a bitter memory of them for years. I have had to maintain a separate backup dial-up service to cover for their sporadic outages, because I could not afford to lose access to email for business. Fortunately, I *never* used their email service due to their unreliability, so it will be no problem at all to cut them off. I just hope that Verizon is not as bad! Maybe the fact that they are vigorously competing for the business will help.

   The Celtic Fiddler

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   Competition is Good

   

   pkp646, Apr 5th, 2006 @ 11:33am

   
   

   I've been looking into this issue lately and Erick is exactly right. Across the board the numbers support thebenefit the consumers receive from having FIOS from Verizon. Not only is it more reliable, but it tends lower costs while increasing connection speed. Anyone with the opportunity should go and check it out, or at least support their entrance into the local market.

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   NJSolly, Apr 5th, 2006 @ 2:14pm

   
   

   I think all of us will be glad when FIOS gets to us, but some of us are going to have to wait through a lot of nasty politicking I'm afraid. It's always hardest to make the move from monopoly to duopoly I suppose.

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   Paulaner01, Apr 5th, 2006 @ 8:24pm

   
   

   I'm new to the FiOS thing but it seems like it's been nothing but good for consumers in the markets that have it. Let's hope it keeps making inroads in places like New Jersey so that sooner or later we can all benefit from a CHOICE.

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