Reply #26: Cable seems to be moving to a three (or more) tier system

[Stinky The Clown]

We just switched from Comcast to Verizon FIOS.

On Comcast, you got all the broadcast channels in the Basic Package. Add in about 30 or 40 other channels for the Expanded Basic package. Add more in the Digital Basic package. Etc.

On Verizon, it is pretty much the same thing except their equivalent of the Expanded Basic has over 200 channels. The only thing we opted not to get are the premiums (HBO,SHO, Etc.), the Spanish language and foreign language (German, Italian, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Korean, etc., etc.) stuff, and the sports.

For all that, our internet and our telephone (with no long distance charges at all) we pay $40 a month LESS than we did for Comcast's inferior signal, lackluster service and support, and rude telephone support.