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  1. skottey

    I'm back...

    That would be good for BHN. Verizon has their head in the sand.
  2. skottey

    I'm back...

    They don't give a reason. Several engineering tickets were opened and they never called me back. Non of my immediate neighbors have it either. Just the guy less than 200ft away on the other street. I actually have customers for my computer business around my neighborhood that cannot get it...
  3. skottey

    I'm back...

    So I really got sick of waiting for FIOS to go live (even though this house was wired well over a year ago) at this location. I have DirecTV but I am sick of not getting all the channels I want and enough premiums in HD. So, I did the following...... DirecTV- kept- choice extra with HD-DVR...
  4. skottey

    Verizon FIOS Update (Clearwater, FL):

    It is ridiculous. I had FIOS and LOVED it, moved, and was told it would be available on 1/15/10. When I moved in this house in Aug 2009 it was wired, even had the orange round circle thing in the street and the green box in the yard but nope, not yet serviceable. I swear, I could throw a stone...
  5. skottey

    FIOS deleting channels question

    Just order the channels and the message will go away. Expensive HDTV... check Expensive livingroom furniture... check Expensive surround sound audio system..... check Premium channels.... NOPE, wtf? Why have all that nice stuff and then stick with basic cable? Do it right or go outside...
  6. skottey

    New HD channels in June...

    AMC HD on 531 coming 7/15 with a special surprise Breaking Bad Movie on 7/19 about the younger days of Walter White with Gretchen. And then I woke up from my dream!
  7. skottey

    New HD channels in June...

    They re-branded MHD, which was the HD version of all three music channels, to Palladia, giving it it's own identity to avoid the redundancy of programming. I don't really watch it, but their intention was to have more concert footage both live and taped if you remember the press releases...
  8. skottey

    New HD channels in June...

    Actually.... that is a major surprise when it comes to MTV HD. I don't think anybody said they had none at all, we just said it was very little. But I'm sure with more providers like FIOS picking it up the placeholder will become an actual HD channel 24/7 as time goes forward. VH1 is showing...
  9. skottey

    New HD channels in June...

    They are working here in FL as of Tuesday morning with no guide info.... The guide says WLTA for the channel for all of them but all feeds are working. No biggie to me since I get all these channels on DirecTV already but I thought maybe they would take this opportunity to add Crime and...
  10. skottey

    New HD channels in June...

    Wow, there is a first for everything now isn't there?
  11. skottey

    Call Monday to upgrade your Internet

    So if I am in the 20/5 speed, bundled with my TV for $80, it will cost me $5-$10 more to get the 25/15 speed. Interesting. I don't want to break up my bundle and it looks like you don't have to. I only have FIOS Internet because it was so cheap and is secondary to my Roadrunner. I wish FIOS...
  12. skottey

    New HD channels in June...

    Any word on the November 2008 announced Crime and Investigation HD that was listed as "coming soon" or has that been forgotten? As you may well know the channel exists and I had it a year ago on my DirecTV but got rid of that HD extra package when I got FIOS last fall. So it isn't as if they are...
  13. skottey

    Verizon FIOS Update (Clearwater, FL):

    Stop shouting and start a new thread. You've now tainted our Florida FIOS thread. Thanks.
  14. skottey

    Verizon FIOS Update (Clearwater, FL):

    Much of St Pete is serviceable now. I got mine in Nov 2008 in northeast St Pete (62nd Ave N area, east of 4th St). As you may or may not know, I have a computer business and a lot of my residential customers are popping up with FIOS. I would say they are in pockets and cherry-picked areas...
  15. skottey

    Anymore HD coming soon

    I don't personally care for the Viacom's either except for VH1 and VH1 classic. But their channels are popular and a lot of people want them. Nickelodeon is a staple of childhood. It has been since I was a kid and I am almost 34. I have the Viacom's on DirecTV, so I don't care personally if we...
  16. skottey

    Anymore HD coming soon

    Fine, maybe "clueless" isn't the right word. Without too lengthy a response, I will just say they made huge errors in judgment with the 30Mbps cap in the original markets that leads to the limit of 1 HD VOD at a time in a single household and the dipping into ones Internet when VOD bandwidth is...
  17. skottey

    Anymore HD coming soon

    They all went live in the Gulfcoast of Florida market on Tuesday or Wednesday. They are all crap. Meanwhile, ATT Uverse is getting six of the Viacom channels. Now I personally don't care because they don't air a lot of HD and I already get the channels on DirecTV, but FIOS should be focused on...
  18. skottey

    3 Weeks with Fios

    Finally coming to a head with the crazy spending spree building out FIOS are they? Now they have to sell off assets to clean up their books. Not surprised. (Selfishly) As long as I have my FIOS down here in FL, I am all set. haha. Chances are the TV portion of FIOS would stay the same though...
  19. skottey

    Anymore HD coming soon

    My cup of tea would be AMC HD now, Investigation Discovery going HD and us getting it, Crime and Investigation HD (coming soon....) and all the remaining premiums (Showtimes, Starz, Encores) in HD as soon as they go online. Oh, and Starz West which is oddly missing in HD but exists. No sugar...
  20. skottey

    3 Weeks with Fios

    Haha.... too funny. This reminds me of the the Dish Network uplink reports for channels that never show up and then they just go away. You've got these guys over there saying they are personal channels for Charlie, the boss at Dish. I think it was TBS HD (before the common folk got it weeks or...
  21. skottey

    Anymore HD coming soon

    We went from 500 channels and nothing on to 100 HD channels and nothing on. But "nothing" looks so good in HD. There was a day when we first got digital cable where we could surf all those 500 channels and see what is on. Now I only surf the HD channels with few exceptions. Surely they must...
  22. skottey

    3 Weeks with Fios

    Yeah, the 26 HBO/MAX channels in HD on FIOS vs only the flagships of each in HD with D* did it for me too. Especially after D* promised 11 HBO/MAX channels in HD via a June 2007 press release that said they were coming in December of 2007. Almost two years after that press release, DirecTV still...
  23. skottey

    Anymore HD coming soon

    Wait, so they have a direct financing offer like this and then you own it free and clear? I know you can buy it on Amazon and other places free and clear but this would be a good deal if you don't have the upfront cash. Cool.
  24. skottey

    Anymore HD coming soon

    Oh, I wish you were right on this. What you said is not true in all markets. It is actually 30Mbps in most markets. I have been around and around with them on this. I won't get into it too much unless you request it, but I am in the Tampa market, which is one of the first, but my city of St...
  25. skottey

    Anymore HD coming soon

    Yes, the PQ, but that falls into the same category to me as the channels. It is all about the number of channels. I have both FIOS and DirecTV and have done many side by side comparisons and the FIOS picture is better, but not make or break better. DirecTV isn't bad. If DTV had more HD channels...