Hello all. It's been a very long time since I posted in this forum, but I'm looking for some tips/advice. I have had FiOS for seven years, switching from Cablevision back in 2010.
Unfortunately, I am moving in a few months to a new construction community where FiOS is not an option. Back in 2010, FiOS simply blew cable out of the water. And now, seven years later... well, the gap has narrowed a bit, but it seems FiOS is still the superior product. FiOS service does have some significant flaws (wonky, stuttering guide, inaccurate DVR percent counter, have to use Verizon router for certain services, insanely refusing to activate eSATA ports for external storage on their newer Quantum boxes, and just the overall nefariousness of Verizon the company), but, despite all that, it still seems superior to Cablevision.
So, I'm asking you, the Optimum Online Community, to assuage some of my fears. So can you all tell me...
- Does Cablevision still use those awful circa-2003 Scientific Atlanta 8300HD boxes? If so, can you request a different box?
- Is eSATA external drive support now active? (It wasn't in 2010.) Is there a size limit for drives?
- Is Cablevision's VOD service useable? It was unbearable and worthless back in 2010. (Meanwhile, FiOS always had very good VOD services.) I do use VOD sometimes, hence why I'd like at least one Cablevision box.
- I see that Cablevision has updated the 1983-looking channel guide to one that looks like it might be from 1990. Does the guide now function well, or is it still a mess?
- What's the max download/upload speed for residential service? Any word on when symmetrical speeds are coming?
- Any chance Cablevision will ever offer my favorite channel, AXS, so I can watch X Factor UK?
Thanks for any info/advice. I'm not thrilled about the change, but at least Cablevision is better than Kabletown (y'all know who that is) or Time Warner.
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