Cable companies’ ads are typically woeful, but misleading? That’s unthinkable. Or is it? Not if you ask Verizon. And, please, do, they’d love to hear from you.
Verizon filed suit today against Time Warner, Internet darling, claiming that one of its ads is a pack of lies. You can see the ad for yourself right up there.
Verizon says the ad misrepresents its FTTP service, FiOS, and makes consumers think that you need to install a satellite dish in order to receive TV. That’s what I got out of the ad, too.
Oh, and Verizon, please come up with a better way to tell your potential customers whether or not they can get FiOS. Your Web site says I need to enter a landline telephone number to see if my residence qualifies. Well, it’s 2008 and I don’t have a traditional landline. Why isn’t my address sufficient? (Yes, I tried my address and it comes up with something like, “We’re not sure if you qualify, try your Verizon phone number instead!”) I’d gladly switch over to FiOS.
I don’t have a landline in my apartment and the FiOS availability checked out fine.
The installation service is another matter entirely, but the website worked.
Wow. Idiots.
Correct me if I’m wrong but Fios isn’t really available in California right? I would go with AT&T U-Verse but the whole credit check thing puts me off. I’m trying to start up cable, not buy a car nor am I financing anything, sheesh.
yes fios is available in california. i have it and its awesome
What city are you in? I’m in Sherman Oaks. Pisses me off my only options are satellite which I hate because it don’t play nice with Tivo or crappy ass Time Warner.
“…Your Web site says I need to enter a landline telephone number to see if my residence qualifies. Well, it’s 2008 and I don’t have a traditional landline…”
I just asked someone for a quote on a 30MBit MPLS or DS3. They said I had to have a phone number at the facility before they could give me a quote. What? I DON’T have phone service at an empty facility, I am building it out.
time warner is a piece of shit here in manhattan. I wont waste time explaining why, but to make a long story short, think sprint but 1000 times worse. WE WANT FIOS!!!!!!
*Everyone* wants FiOS. Do you have any idea how fantastic my BitTorrent ratios would be if I had FiOS?
-na
Verizon wants your phone number for one reason. To call you and try to sell slow DSL to you, if FIOS is not available. Put your number in, even a cell phone and within 2 days Verizon is going to call you with that sales pitch.
I’ve done that and received no call.
Please learn your information before posting.
Verizon merely checks your location to see what is available to you.
I have Verizon FIOS (one of the first areas they rolled out in Texas) and to be totally honest, they only started offering FIOS TV last year. Verizon signed me up with DirectTV satellite (partner deal) when I first signed up for FIOS. They didn’t start offering the TV service until I had been with them for over a year… This commercial would’ve been true in Texas before they started offering FIOS TV.
Lately I have seen a few Comcast commercials that send a similar message and I believe they show a house with a satellite dish. They are the “Relatively Recent News” brief ads. Anyone else seem them?
Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. Its Verizon who should be sued for their incessant fios commercials. As a matter of fact, Ive called cablevision asking them to pull all fios commercials off the air. This is the same big bad pots company that wanted to have voip rates increased and one of the companies being sued for wiretapping us. Their fios commercials are misleading because in no way, shape or form is fios internet better than cable. I get 30mbps cable and verizon cant match that. Even if they could, I have serious ethical and privacy issues with them. Anyone interested in democracy should NEVER choose Verizon.
Verizon currently offers up to a 50mbps download speed to residential customers.
In the case of equivalent speeds of FiOS and cable, FiOS would be much less expensive.
Wow. You need to know what you are talking about BEFORE you start talking. Wiretaps are ordered by the judicial branch of your local government. FiOS internet is not SHARED broadband and your speed is dedicated and constant. Cable IS shared and you speed will vary depending on the demand on the node that serves you. The down load speed is virtually unlimited and I regularly install 20/5, 20/20 & 50/10 service here in Delaware. VOIP prioviders are ‘parasite’ services that CANNOT exist without an existing broadband connection. Since deregulation it has been an ongoing battle to level the playing field between those that built, maintain and operate the communications networks and those that only ‘use’ it to make a profit with minimal overhead. Who do you think repairs the lines when Vonage (ie) can’t operate? Verizon or the incumbent Teclom in your area.
im in albany, ny and it sais not available in my area, but yesterday i called and set up to get fios, wtf, so it is available, verizon needs to update its site or something, whats up with dat