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Originally Posted by BadNick
Coincidentally to this thread, yesterday I got a call from Verizon about an aggressive offer to switch to them from Comcast to get a great fiber optic FIOS TV package, plus high speed internet (I think they said faster than Comcast cable but I have to look into the details), includes all phone service, and all this would cost a bit less than I now pay for Comcast cable TV + internet. So I plan to go online today to compare all the features of Verizon vs. Comcast and then call Comcast asking for a counter-offer. Competition in this field is a good thing.
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Ever since the system upgrade in December, Comcast beats Verizon FIOS in speed hands down with up to 50mbps guaranteed. With Verizon on the fine print no matter what you order they will only guarantee 1mbps. It all just depends on how much you want to pay for it per month though, more speed = more money.
I ran a comparison on prices from verizon with prices from comcast with no specials or anything thrown in and for a month to month with verzion without contract which is the same as comcast is all the time is no contracts, for 5mbps it's $51, 15mbs $61, 15mbps up and down $73 and 30mbps $160.00 and on all of that they will only guarantee that you get 1mbps no matter what you pay for.
With comcast with no specials or discounts and month to month you get as standard
12mpbs for $52, 16mbps $62, 22mpbs $72, 50mbps $119.00. And all of the speeds are guaranteed, with upload speeds ranging from at least 2mbps up to 15mbps. The prices are pretty much consistent with each other but the speeds are not, the closest would be the VZ 15mps and the Comcast 16mbps. Now if you add specials into it and everything that's an entirely different deal, but that's the layout for what I found for everyday pricing on both companies.
Oh and the Qwest fiber optic internet they advertise 20mbps, for months (I'm not sure if it's true anymore) it was not available in any of their markets but they were selling it to people to sign up when it was nonexistant.