Cable TV and Internet

For this discussion, forget the Blazer/comcast debate, I want to stay on track.

I have lived in an apartment for a while where direct TV was not an option. Now I am moving to a house soon and will need Internet and TV. I do not need phone because I am cell only. My house will be in PDX so all options are on the table.

Price matters a lot, but so does quality product. What options are there for both TV and Internet? What do you use? Do you like your company?

 

I have FiOS for Internet and TV (though TV is frontier now). Love them both... but I choose DirecTV if they had Blazers... but since they don't... Frontier is better than Comcast.

 

I'm in LA...but have DirectTV....pretty satisfied with them overall. Having to have a satellite sucks though...but better than cable companies and all their lame fees.

Internets provider is Time Warner. They kind of blow but better than COMCAST which sucked balls.

 

In my opinion stay away from Comcast for TV, and since you have the Fios option, stay away from comcast internet as well. Since price matters a lot, fios for both may be your best bet. Directv is probably the best for tv when it comes to quality and probably innovation as well, but they aren't cheap.

 

I have Comcast for tv, internet, and phone and I've always been happy with it... except the price.

 

I like comcast also . . . only part that sucks for me is they are about to raise rates.

 

Comcast for tv is bad. They are going to be 90$/mo next year for tv. Their internet has stayed at about 40 or 45$/mo though for a long time. My brother has a non-comcast for tv and pays extra for a blazers package. I would imagine he still comes out way ahead.

 

Thanks for the opinions.

At my apartment right now I have comcast for both, and have not been too happy, especially with the cable price. I just looked into getting internet and directTV via Quest and there would be an introduction period of 6months of both for a total of $63 including taxes. But the problem that I am having is that I don't see what the price will change to after the 6months. This includes any speed internet and 210 channels for TV. If I could end up spending about $85 a month I think that is fair. Right now I pay comcast about $105/mo.

Side question. what exactly is fios?

 

FiOS is internet TV and Phone delivered over a fiber optic line instead of cable. It is like a network port at work. Fast... low latency... 100% digital. I don't recall my internet ever going down with FiOS... while cable seemed to go down a few times a month.

 

Thanks. So then am I correct that Quest internet and TV is FiOS? What other options are there?