http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/15/more-details-on-comcast-changes-additions-in-new-jersey/ Engadget Comments for More details on Comcast changes / additions in New Jersey http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/15/more-details-on-comcast-changes-additions-in-new-jersey/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/15/more-details-on-comcast-changes-additions-in-new-jersey/Mar 15th 2008 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/15/more-details-on-comcast-changes-additions-in-new-jersey/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/15/more-details-on-comcast-changes-additions-in-new-jersey/Mar 15th 2008 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/15/more-details-on-comcast-changes-additions-in-new-jersey/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/15/more-details-on-comcast-changes-additions-in-new-jersey/Mar 15th 2008 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/15/more-details-on-comcast-changes-additions-in-new-jersey/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/15/more-details-on-comcast-changes-additions-in-new-jersey/Mar 15th 2008 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/15/more-details-on-comcast-changes-additions-in-new-jersey/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/15/more-details-on-comcast-changes-additions-in-new-jersey/Mar 15th 2008 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/15/more-details-on-comcast-changes-additions-in-new-jersey/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/15/more-details-on-comcast-changes-additions-in-new-jersey/Terrible service
Terrible channel order
Terrible guide
Terrible picture quality
Terribly long to install the whole thing (Took almost 10 hours)
Every single thing you want is an extra fee.
A Verizon tax. It said on the bill "Verizon tax" Not quite sure what it means, but sounded like it was a fee Verizon gets in pocket.
Even the man that came to pick up our boxes (He works for Verizon) refused to switch to Fios because of the horror stories.
Oh, and I kept getting disconnections and bog downs on my internet. I had to restart my modem daily.
If i think of any more complaints I'll let you know.
And to prove I'm not a "fanboy" of comcast, my father used to work for them, but recently got let go. That was the main reason we tried Fios.

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It is sad that no provider can provide excellent quality and consistencny across it's customer base. You can go to people who live two houses away from each other and realize one of theirs is horrible because their cable connection is inhibited on the pole somewhere. Shouldn't they check these things routinely and have a standard to measure the signal levels and other things? I don't know the technical aspect, but no home should ever experience packet loss with internet, blockiness with tv, and sound cutouts. That is a clear sign of poor company practices and clearly not caring about the consumer. /end rant

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Additionally, the only people unhappy with Verizon's logical groupings of channels by interests/subjects are the media companies who prefer the old way of doing things, where they jockey for the lowest number on the cable system. From experience, I can say it works better when channels are grouped logically. My wife found channels she never knew existed on Comcast because of the logic Verizon uses.

As for picture quality, it is like night and day as Gimpgutter also notes. FiOS really does have the best picture quality.

I could go on about how great FiOS is, but I'd rather go watch TV...]]>Mar 17th 2008 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/15/more-details-on-comcast-changes-additions-in-new-jersey/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/15/more-details-on-comcast-changes-additions-in-new-jersey/Mar 18th 2008 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/15/more-details-on-comcast-changes-additions-in-new-jersey/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/15/more-details-on-comcast-changes-additions-in-new-jersey/Mar 27th 2008 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/15/more-details-on-comcast-changes-additions-in-new-jersey/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/15/more-details-on-comcast-changes-additions-in-new-jersey/Mar 29th 2008 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/15/more-details-on-comcast-changes-additions-in-new-jersey/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/15/more-details-on-comcast-changes-additions-in-new-jersey/
The bigger issue is what's gone. I have 3 kids, and we have 4 TV's without digital cable. Comcast pulled off Cartoon network, TBS, and others. My kids all enjoy the cartoon network, and there is no HD version available. This was simply taken off to force anyone with kids to get a box for each television, as if they weren't charging enough.

My number of TV's was a reason I stuck with Comcast as opposed to DirecTV, but if I have to get a box for each one now, I may as well go to the one which offers better programming. I'm sure soon all other channels will be removed to force you to get a box.

To think I was actually happy when I noticed the additional HD channels. That feeling quickly went away when my kids all asked what happened to cartoon network. Thanks comcast for continuing to screw your paying customers]]>Apr 1st 2008 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/15/more-details-on-comcast-changes-additions-in-new-jersey/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/15/more-details-on-comcast-changes-additions-in-new-jersey/Mar 31st 2008 10:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/15/more-details-on-comcast-changes-additions-in-new-jersey/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/15/more-details-on-comcast-changes-additions-in-new-jersey/]]>Apr 4th 2008 5:30PM