Yet another Cablevision question...

i remember doing that with TWC myself.
I would pay with a check as a money order is like cash.

agreed. my direct tv cable is cheap like $27.99 and I get more channels than cable.

Pay attention to your bill. I had Cablevision installed and wrote the guy a check. He had *really* sloppy handwriting and used the notes section to scribble in my account number.

The following month I was double charged, when I called to fix it they made me fax them a copy of the cleared check, and then it had to be processed though 3 of their "teams". After 2 weeks of that and maybe 4 follow up phone calls from me, a lost fax, requiring me to re-fax and then a request for a fax of a copy of the back of the check FINALLY they realized that the money had been applied to the wrong account due to the techs handwriting.

It did get sorted out but it was a major hassle. I should also note that the first guy they sent out told me he was too tired to install my line and I would need to call back. He did not seem to care that I had taken the morning off of work.

sigh.

Subject: Other providers

So if cablevision sucks, what service would you recommend for Internet? My free wifi gravy train is over and I can't live without Internet anymore.

We have the triple Cablevision package and generally like it. Only once in the last couple years did the internet go down and it was because of an outage in the neighborhood. We had to wait 45 minutes to talk to a live person but thats our only complaint.

We can't have Direct TV. Previously, we had Verizon DSL and it was slow and very complicated to fix whenever the internet had problems.

$49.xx/mo, although its $29.xx/mo for a 6 months teaser period, i think.

I only pay 29.99 a month for internet...

Althea wrote: I only pay 29.99 a month for internet...

Cablevision? Have you had it for more than 6 months?

Newswalk on Dean between 6th and Carlton is being wired for FiOS and is supposed to be live in a month or so.

are these new(er) or older units you folks are talking about?
single family homes/family who owns the whole brownstone or multiples unit buildings?

From experience Verizon has been doing installs in single family homes first and new construction second
older multiple unit buildings are left till last (that would be my case)

I've only had one major outage in the 4 years I've had Cablevision (Optimum Online) and am completely satisfied with my service. I've looked at real price (not the introductory rate) comparisons for Fios and Optimum Online based on download/upload rates, quality of service, and they are about equal for current rates. I have the boost which gets my max download rates to 30Mbps which I have been able to verify. I also have the TV and Phone (3 VOIP lines) service which I have been very happy with. They are constantly adding new HD channels to keep on par with Verizon and Direct TV.

I really hate Verizon as a phone company so will most likely not switch if Fios ever becomes available. I'm also hoping in that time Cablevision finally brings the fiber hookups to Brooklyn like they have with their business customers (Optimum Lightpath).

I'd love to hear what people actually pay for all three services in total after the introductory period is over. I'm pretty sure they will all start to level out regardless of the service provider.