FUMING!!

I posted this on the home board, but got no responses, so I'm venting here. Please help if you can.


I'm so p**sed right now, its not even funny. So the townhouse community we are moving into has basic family cable (everything from 0-70) for free (basically part of our maintance fee). Well that being said, I called cablevision to find out how much the double play (phone & internet) would be and found up I'm not qualified for the double play and cannot get IO digital cable because I don't have a pre-exsisting cable account (because the complex does). So it would be $84.90 every month for phone and internet. Now I'm leary because the stupid cablevision voice is through your cable line and if the cable goes out, so does your landline phone. So I called Verizon and as most of you know Suffolk County cannot get there amazing DSL & phone package (which is $80 per month with a landline phone). So now I feel royally screwed.

Does anybody know any other options? We need DSL and a landline phone. I know we could use our cell phones, but look back during the blackout, ONLY THE LANDLINE phones worked the best. Cell phones have ups & downs too. But Verizon's phone package is $60 alone, without any internet.

Help, I need to get this hooked up next week (can't believe I'll be in my new place!!). I have the gensecurity coming 3/12/07 to install our alarm system and they need an active phone line by then.

What would you all do? I hate cablevision but I feel like I'm going to get stuck using them because they were the cheapest....

Sorry Kerry, this $hit $ucks!!!!!!!!

I would just go with Cablevision, hopefully someone else has other options for you!!

If you want a landline, you're gonna have to use verizon... if you don't mind cable then I would go with vonage over cablevision, its much cheaper!

And are you talking about FIOS? There are definitely areas of suffolk county that have it!

i don't have anything of value to offer, sorry. i live in nj. just wanted to let you know that i feel your pain.

btw, congrats on being so close to moving.

hope you find something that works and is economical

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Posted by LaurenluvsTJ

If you want a landline, you're gonna have to use verizon... if you don't mind cable then I would go with vonage over cablevision, its much cheaper!

And are you talking about FIOS? There are definitely areas of suffolk county that have it!

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Actually I just spoke to the Verizon rep and she said that FIOS is unavailable in Suffolk County. She said the nearest signal would be coming from Western Nassau. She did say they plan to make it more accessable within 2 years.

Update:

Got a call from Cablevision and they are going to offer the double play. So it is $10 cheaper per month, so Cablevision it is.

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Posted by Kerrycec

Update:

Got a call from Cablevision and they are going to offer the double play. So it is $10 cheaper per month, so Cablevision it is.

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That is great - I am glad that you were able to get the double play. I have cablevision and DH & I are very happy with it.

Congrats on your new place!!!

That's great they offered you the double play deal!

Some parts of Suffolk do have FIOS, my parents have it in Huntington (although that is not too far from Nassau so they could probably get the signal from there).

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Posted by Kerrycec

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Posted by LaurenluvsTJ

If you want a landline, you're gonna have to use verizon... if you don't mind cable then I would go with vonage over cablevision, its much cheaper!

And are you talking about FIOS? There are definitely areas of suffolk county that have it!

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Actually I just spoke to the Verizon rep and she said that FIOS is unavailable in Suffolk County. She said the nearest signal would be coming from Western Nassau. She did say they plan to make it more accessable within 2 years.


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Really? Because we looked at houses in Ronkonkoma that had it, and my parents that live in Commack have been getting mail from verizon about it in their neighborhood. We even saw a house in medford that had it.
Thats so weird.

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Posted by LaurenluvsTJ

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Posted by Kerrycec

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Posted by LaurenluvsTJ

If you want a landline, you're gonna have to use verizon... if you don't mind cable then I would go with vonage over cablevision, its much cheaper!

And are you talking about FIOS? There are definitely areas of suffolk county that have it!

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Actually I just spoke to the Verizon rep and she said that FIOS is unavailable in Suffolk County. She said the nearest signal would be coming from Western Nassau. She did say they plan to make it more accessable within 2 years.


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Really? Because we looked at houses in Ronkonkoma that had it, and my parents that live in Commack have been getting mail from verizon about it in their neighborhood. We even saw a house in medford that had it.
Thats so weird.

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Lauren - are you sure it was FIOS speed cable and not Verizon's HIGH Speed b/c they have two speed network's for internet. FIOS is the same level, if not better than Cablevision, but not avail. to me yet. The High Speed by Verizon is avail everywhere.