Cable TV and Internet

[Further]

For this discussion, forget the Blazer/comcast debate, I want to stay on track.

I have lived in an apartment for a while where direct TV was not an option. Now I am moving to a house soon and will need Internet and TV. I do not need phone because I am cell only. My house will be in PDX so all options are on the table.

Price matters a lot, but so does quality product. What options are there for both TV and Internet? What do you use? Do you like your company?

 

[Paxil]

I have FiOS for Internet and TV (though TV is frontier now). Love them both... but I choose DirecTV if they had Blazers... but since they don't... Frontier is better than Comcast.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I'm in LA...but have DirectTV....pretty satisfied with them overall. Having to have a satellite sucks though...but better than cable companies and all their lame fees.

Internets provider is Time Warner. They kind of blow but better than COMCAST which sucked balls.

 

[Bob Dobalina]

In my opinion stay away from Comcast for TV, and since you have the Fios option, stay away from comcast internet as well. Since price matters a lot, fios for both may be your best bet. Directv is probably the best for tv when it comes to quality and probably innovation as well, but they aren't cheap.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

I have Comcast for tv, internet, and phone and I've always been happy with it... except the price.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

I like comcast also . . . only part that sucks for me is they are about to raise rates.

 

[Eastoff]

Comcast for tv is bad. They are going to be 90$/mo next year for tv. Their internet has stayed at about 40 or 45$/mo though for a long time. My brother has a non-comcast for tv and pays extra for a blazers package. I would imagine he still comes out way ahead.

 

[Further]

Thanks for the opinions.

At my apartment right now I have comcast for both, and have not been too happy, especially with the cable price. I just looked into getting internet and directTV via Quest and there would be an introduction period of 6months of both for a total of $63 including taxes. But the problem that I am having is that I don't see what the price will change to after the 6months. This includes any speed internet and 210 channels for TV. If I could end up spending about $85 a month I think that is fair. Right now I pay comcast about $105/mo.

Side question. what exactly is fios?

 

[Paxil]

FiOS is internet TV and Phone delivered over a fiber optic line instead of cable. It is like a network port at work. Fast... low latency... 100% digital. I don't recall my internet ever going down with FiOS... while cable seemed to go down a few times a month.

 

[Further]

FiOS is internet TV and Phone delivered over a fiber optic line instead of cable. It is like a network port at work. Fast... low latency... 100% digital. I don't recall my internet ever going down with FiOS... while cable seemed to go down a few times a month.

Thanks. So then am I correct that Quest internet and TV is FiOS? What other options are there?