Don't get too excited, Sparky. To be clear -- for our viewing audience -- yes, Everett is in the Seattle Metro area. No, this doesn't mean Seattle, itself, will benefit a whole lot from this competition. The City of Seattle, and much of its immediate surrounding municipalities, are served by Qworst (Qwest) and are not on the slate to get FiOS for obvious reasons. The Eastside (Microsoft and Boeing country) will definitely reap the rewards since almost all of it is Verizon country.
Something that IS understated in the article is that Comcast's video hub is also located in Everett. This will be a story I will definitely follow.
A couple of other things to be aware of:
1. In moving to the Portland area from Everett, I noticed that Comcast was much higher for less service than I was getting/paying for in Everett. When FiOS came online here, yes, it was cheaper. A year later, FiOS is turning out to be more expensive than Comcast, granted, still better quality. This last week, too, I just got a notice that FiOS was jacking up their prices again (4th time in a year).
2. While FiOS still kicks a** with their Internet service, their television services still have some serious tiling and degradation issues to iron out, which have been all over the news down here, and seemingly get omitted when talked about on Engadget, BGR, BroadbandReports, etc.
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Don't get too excited, Sparky. To be clear -- for our viewing audience -- yes, Everett is in the Seattle Metro area. No, this doesn't mean Seattle, itself, will benefit a whole lot from this competition. The City of Seattle, and much of its immediate surrounding municipalities, are served by Qworst (Qwest) and are not on the slate to get FiOS for obvious reasons. The Eastside (Microsoft and Boeing country) will definitely reap the rewards since almost all of it is Verizon country.
Something that IS understated in the article is that Comcast's video hub is also located in Everett. This will be a story I will definitely follow.
A couple of other things to be aware of:
1. In moving to the Portland area from Everett, I noticed that Comcast was much higher for less service than I was getting/paying for in Everett. When FiOS came online here, yes, it was cheaper. A year later, FiOS is turning out to be more expensive than Comcast, granted, still better quality. This last week, too, I just got a notice that FiOS was jacking up their prices again (4th time in a year).
2. While FiOS still kicks a** with their Internet service, their television services still have some serious tiling and degradation issues to iron out, which have been all over the news down here, and seemingly get omitted when talked about on Engadget, BGR, BroadbandReports, etc.
Proceed with caution and a clear mind.