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NowhereMan 1966 · #48 06-30-2009, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeffhs

I'm curious to know what "FIOS" cable service is. You mentioned in one of your posts that you and your family now have this service instead of Time Warner, Comcast or any other cable service. How is FIOS different from any standard cable television system? You also mentioned that FIOS gives you a better picture with no dropouts, freezeups, etc. Is this system anything like AT&T U-Verse, which is a hard-wired TV service, or is it more comparable to satellite?

FIOS is from Verizon, it is a fiber optic cable that goes directly to your home and you can get TV, phone and internet on it. We get all three and so far, it had been great. Cable TV still uses copper cable from the company to your house bit FIOS uses fiber optics that goes to a box in your house and then foes to a copper cable to your TV, computer and so on. Theo nly drawback is if you lose power, you have 8 hours of battery backup. We have the FIOS on the 1982 Zenith.