digital converter box -- surprising performance

[Roger Kolakowski]

Kevin noted...

..."I personally don't want all my eggs in the same basket. I don't want
Comcast phone service simply because cable sometimes goes out but I can
never recall my New England Telephone, NYNEX, Bell Atlantic or Verizon line
NOT having a dial tone no matter what"...

Besides...should all fail, you can probability "step down" the 48 or so
volts that the phone company is providing "free", to run a battery powered
radio keeping in touch with the world while you weren't using your phone...

Ah...survivalism...I should be living in Montana...

Roger
WA1KAT

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@comcast.net>
To: "SteveOrdinetz" <hykker@wildblue.net>
Cc: "(newsgroup) Boston-Radio-Interest"
<boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: digital converter box -- surprising performance


> Pretty much a wash. Fios and Comcast Triple Play are both $100 a month.
>
> I personally don't want all my eggs in the same basket. I don't want
> Comcast phone service simply because cable sometimes goes out but I
> can never recall my New England Telephone, NYNEX, Bell Atlantic or
> Verizon line NOT having a dial tone no matter what.
>
> On 6/16/08, SteveOrdinetz <hykker@wildblue.net> wrote:
> >   Kevin Vahey wrote:
> >
> >
> >>When Fios is installed correctly it does blow away cable.
> >
> >
> > Curiously how does FOIS compare price-wise with cable?  I'd heard
> > that it was in excess of $100/mo. (though I don't know what was
> > included in that).  A little rich for my budget.  Not like it'll ever
> > make it this far in the boonies for many many years.
> >
> >
>