Recent content by HalfFull

They already did jack up the fees. Charlie is banking that cash for the inevitable settlement .

With Triple play, I am saving over $40/mo over Dish and my previous FIOS Double play. Not sure where you get the $23/mo, but it is not even close. Again, my $40/mo savings is AFTER figuring in the $13.50/mo for each TIVO and cable card combo (fees for first HD TIVO is $120/year, and second...

I made the switch, and am happy. I purchase two tivo HD XL's for about $200 each. The XLs hold about 150 hours of HD recordings. Definitely more than I need. With triple play, I am saving about $40/mo for 24 month commitment. In 10 months the Tivo's are paid for. What I like most about...

Had two reasons for switching to FIOS myself...financial, and rain fade. The increase in fees for my two E* DVRs was the final factor for the switch. I canceled last Saturday, and my return boxes will be delivered today by UPS. Since my original cancellation chat, I have gotten an...

Any DVR can crap out...including Dish Networks. Even new boxes can have a hard drive that is the '1 in a 100' that flakes out early. I've owned TIVOs where the hard drive has lasted 3+ years.

Dish CSR said at the end of the chat I had a zero balance, so that is good I guess (I canceled about 15 days into the month, so they should have credited that amount). Not worth the effort to fight for those $$. Got an email last night confirming the cancellation and they were sending the...

I just canceled dish (via chat) on Saturday and they said they would ship me the boxes for returning the receivers. I tried to log into my old account to verify things and the account had been deleted. In the chat they made it clear they would charge me $100-$400 per receiver if they were...

I also have FIOS internet and phone. Just cannot see giving up DISH. The reason....my dish DVR.

Why fight city hall? Instead work the system. Advise I got some time ago for "moving" : call dish support, get the person in India, so don't take the tech support option ! Finda a KOA campground or movie theartre in area you need to "move" too. Use that address and pick a lot/apt number...

What do you call sky-diving unemployed lawyers and law school dropouts who participate on TIVO/E lawsuit threads? Skeet!

Thanks. Decided to go with double-play first. If that works out, will probably call back after a few months to check offers for triple play. The only thing holding me back is their crappy DVRs and the up-front cost to buy TIVO boxes.

Just curious....does the $168 total include their DVRs? I can't come close to that deal when I chat with the FIOS people.

Thanks so much for the great summary! Based on this info, I will probably keep Dish and go with Fios for phone and internet. I just don't see much advantage of going to Fios for TV with all those fees and up front costs for the TIVO boxes. Plus, I like the Dish DVRs.

FIOS just came to my area and I want to install TIVOs. How much should I expect to pay monthly WRT fees for 1 HD TIVO and 1 standard definition TIVO? Does Verizon charge for the cable cards, and if so, how much? Am also assuming that a verizon FIOS set-top tuner is not required if cable...

Kelly's for dinner...believe its around milepost 10 or so....