[RFI] FIOS vs DSL

[Alan NV8A]

I thought that FIOS was Verizon-only and that Comcast was cable-only. 
Neither Verizon nor Comcast are in the area in which I live (this is 
Charter and AT&T territory), so I have no first-hand experience of 
either, but my wife had experience of Comcast in her former job and 
found them terrible to deal with. I've read that FIOS is excellent when 
it works but that customer service is terrible.

And then there was the time many years ago when on Long Island Verizon 
dug up one of their own cables which wasn't where their plans said it 
was. Of course they had redundant circuits -- but all in the same cable 
bundle.

73

Alan NV8A


On 02/22/2017 06:35 PM, Aaron Kreider wrote:
> I'm thinking of switching from Verizon DSL to Comcast FIOS for faster
> and more reliable internet.
>
> I'm hoping that the FIOS will be cleaner in terms of RFI. What possible
> sources of RFI are there from FIOS?  Do they use signal boosters that
> put out RFI?   I'm guessing the router will be the biggest source and
> that chokes on that will alleviate most of it.
>
> I'm in Philadelphia, PA and we already have FIOS lines on our street -
> so perhaps they already have the signal boosters installed.
>
> Aaron
>
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