1 post tagged “telecom”

First day on the new laptop with vista.  I like it so far, but it's just fun to check out new things.  I'm at my grandfather's place, though, and he has FiOS (fiber-optic service).  A trip to wikipedia told me that verizon actually started their FiOS pilot program right here in keller, texas.  It's awesome.  He's got tv, internet, and phone (meh) through one service, and the two that i care about are of high quality.  I don't have digital cable, but all of my friends seem to, and it's always very slow.  HD programming is choppy and blocky on cable, and changing channels takes longer than i think it needs to.  Not the case with fiber.  Everything is really smooth, and the picture is great.  I'm also enjoying a down speed of 13.5 Mbps right now.  I have the highest of my friends back home with 6 using comcast cable.  I've been seeing ads in chicagoland about laws that are trying to be passed that would allow for more competition in the telecom marketplace.  I'm really excited about this.  Right now, comcast is my only choice for cable, and i don't like 'em so much.  I'm also unaware of anybody offering fiber, which i could really digg.  It'll be interesting to see what happens with this new legislation if it passes.  I don't know much about it now, i'll look further into it soon.