[Discuss] Verizon home "business" ?

[sgoldman at MIT.EDU (stephen goldman)]

Hello John,
    Good luck understanding Verizon pricing. <period>

> (I've been wondering whether it'd be cheaper to stick  with  RCN  for
> Internet, and get only TV from Verizon.  ;-)
> 

YES it maybe..


    I can't speak about the buisness plan on the Internet side.

    What is worth while is this on the TV side 

    
http://www22.verizon.com/Residential/FiOSTV/Channels/Channels.htm


this would help understand the TV service ..

Stephen

Stephen Goldman 
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Department of Biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Subject: [Discuss] Verizon home "business" ?


> We've been considering getting Verizon FiOS, mostly because  my  wife
> Shelley would like to use their TV service. We're doing things on our
> RCN cable such as hosting a few web sites for friends and small orgs,
> and  Verizon  says this can only be done via a "business" plan.  That
> would be doable, but we haven't been able to make  sense  of  getting
> that (min: $99.95/month) plus TV.  It seems that the basic TV service
> for a business plan could cost hundreds of dollars per month,  though
> we're not at all sure we understand their pricing.
> 
> Does anyone here have experience with this, and know what magic words
> we need to know to get a reasonable price without all the zillions of
> extra channels that we'd rather not pay for?
> 
> (I've been wondering whether it'd be cheaper to stick  with  RCN  for
> Internet, and get only TV from Verizon.  ;-)
> 
> 
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