I am happy with my Verizon FiOS service
For the most part. They have a lot of HD channels(Wikipedia attempts to have a list) but some of them are (after googlin’), pointless. For example, there’s LMD (I think that’s the name), the lifetime movie channel. It’s not really high def, it’s just a stretched version of the regular lifetime movie channel, and apparently that’s ALWAYS the case. We’d have done better if they just carried the SD version (if it exists) and put in some better HD channels. Or, you know, actually put up all the HBO HD channels instead of just HBO and HBO west? That’d be nice.
I’m thinking of starting a “Let’s USE that fiber” campaign to get Verizon to carry more HD channels.
Anyway, I re-did my entertainment system the other day, removing all the electronics, cleaning it up, putting them back. And of course, afterward some HD channels didn’t come in (about half of them, oddly). I called Verizon and since they couldn’t resolve it on the phone, they sent a tech out (who arrived less than 24 hours later, within the scheduled window). She replaced the tv cable with a longer cable and connected it directly to the cable box and reprimanded me for doing it wrong, while it worked for almost a full year when it was connected through the UPS. However, it worked again, so I don’t mind. I then explained to her what a UPS was and did, and she was impressed. One might wonder why I have a UPS on my home entertainment system, and the answer is simple: one of the electronics must have the fans cool it down, and if it loses power with a hot part, it will break and be expensive to repair. The UPS is cheaper.
I then asked about why we didn’t have that many HD channels, but was told we JUST GOT SOME MORE. I wanted Planet Green HD, and she didn’t know why we didn’t have it, but said it will be at least 6 months. And you know what? I just looked at the list I linked to on wikipedia, and noticed that NEW YORK HAS IT ALREADY. Stop pwning me, New York. Maybe I can complain that New York has it and I would like to have it too.
