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RWood · 10-22-2008, 02:19 PM

I have had satellite, cable, and Verizon FiOS for TV and Internet over time. Of the three Verizon FiOS has been the best. Great service, great techs (when they came to the house to install), and reasonable cost. The satellite service was spotty and the cable was slow when it worked at all. (I am only about a mile from the Cox head end.)

I think the worst power outage I have ever been in was back in grad school in Boston when the electrical power was out for about 3 days in a dead of winter ice storm. Thankfully we had gas heat from a free-standing gas heater in the living room and gas to cook with in the kitchen. We didn't lose any food from the freezer as we could just put it outside the window. Since we had a gas water heater we could even take hot showers. All-in-all, not a bad time.

10-22-2008, 02:19 PM	#11
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	I have had satellite, cable, and Verizon FiOS for TV and Internet over time. Of the three Verizon FiOS has been the best. Great service, great techs (when they came to the house to install), and reasonable cost. The satellite service was spotty and the cable was slow when it worked at all. (I am only about a mile from the Cox head end.) I think the worst power outage I have ever been in was back in grad school in Boston when the electrical power was out for about 3 days in a dead of winter ice storm. Thankfully we had gas heat from a free-standing gas heater in the living room and gas to cook with in the kitchen. We didn't lose any food from the freezer as we could just put it outside the window. Since we had a gas water heater we could even take hot showers. All-in-all, not a bad time.