There is no modem, but they will give you a wifi router that also has a coax connection to allow set top boxes to download the channel guide, do video on demand, etc. They actually snip your existing copper phone line too, so there's no telephone landline to be billed. However, they usually try to bundle in home phone service over FiOS. I've had the home phone service for years and haven't used it years either. Next renewal I'm getting rid of it.
Service Providers (Internet, TV, Etc)
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Oldbased
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I had ATT Uverse a few years back and they never required me to have a phone line for the DSL. They did use the phone connections of course and applied a internet only number to the DSL but it was included in the $14.99 a month for the 3 mbps service I was getting.
Noodleface
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I don't doubt it. Just thinking about showing off internet at a state fair is so Caucasian.
I don't watch a lot of TV, but the wife does, I just sort of catch whatever is on with the exception of a few shows (GoT, Ghost Adventures - laugh all you want, and Cold Justice). The other day she wasn't home and I didn't want to play games so I had to use the thing for the first time on my own. The X1 GUI is so goddamn slow and shitty, I couldn't believe it. She had been bitching and I didn't care, but now that I've used it - fuck that. There's also a bug I noticed where if you are browsing the guide the TV show you have highlighted will show a preview picture of the show on the channel before it. It's weird.
I enjoy a few things like the size of the DVR and stuff, but in general it is slow and buggy.
Joeboo
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My DirecTV hardware is all slow as shit, I hate it, and it's only 2 years old, I signed on with them in August 2012. It often takes 10-15 seconds to change a channel. Sometimes the TV actually shuts off into sleep mode because the input has been inactive for so long between when the current channel disappears and the new one appears. Oh well, Google Fiber will be here in less than a year, I'm not signing up anywhere new and taking on a new contract, I'll just tough it out a few more months.
Big Phoenix
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Turn to channel 1, wait till you have video and audio, then on the remote press:
Red, Red, Blue Blue, Yellow, Green
See if that helps. The Hr34 and 24 get slow. The new genie is much better which is the HR44.
Louis
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I really couldn't tell if you were being serious until I got to the end of your post.
Oldbased
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So I just got my first bill since I dumped all of TWCs crap and just had internet. Sure enough home wifi charge was on it. Soon as I opened chat and the guy was able to look up past account conversations he typed out literally 20 I'm sorry about this over the conversation for me to keep having billing issues. He removed it, credited it and said this time I swear your bill not change for the next 11 months.
I wonder if Comcast upgraded their Internet Tiers. Im paying for 60, and the last 2 weeks I'm getting 120 down/20 up for the same price.
Also the new Comcast hotspot thing in my area is Godlike. The hotspots are giving me speeds up to 60 down, and they are everywhere.
Also the new Comcast hotspot thing in my area is Godlike. The hotspots are giving me speeds up to 60 down, and they are everywhere.
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Malakriss
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Kirun
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Bro, they don't have the money for more infrastructure! Too many people are streaming now!!!
Gator
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Hopefully you guys can help me out with this
I'm looking at switching from Uverse (so damn expensive) to Comcast. I have never had cable and they asked me if I would provided the modem or rent from them. Is it just easier to rent the hardware from them or buy my own. Anyone that has/had Comcast do I also need a wireless router also or do they include that with their hardware? They said it needs to be DOCSIS 3.0. I did a quick search on Amazon has ton of option but I'm not sure where to go from there. Thanks!
I'm looking at switching from Uverse (so damn expensive) to Comcast. I have never had cable and they asked me if I would provided the modem or rent from them. Is it just easier to rent the hardware from them or buy my own. Anyone that has/had Comcast do I also need a wireless router also or do they include that with their hardware? They said it needs to be DOCSIS 3.0. I did a quick search on Amazon has ton of option but I'm not sure where to go from there. Thanks!
Vaclav
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New area I'm moving to (Merritt Island, FL) can do Direct TV, Dish, TWC and uVerse.
I know satellite sucks ass, but for the other two, what's the consensus?
And I'd rather have reliable over cheaper if that matters.
(if a tie uVerse is around $30 cheaper here)
I know satellite sucks ass, but for the other two, what's the consensus?
And I'd rather have reliable over cheaper if that matters.
(if a tie uVerse is around $30 cheaper here)