Voice over Internet Protocol

We have been itching to get rid of Comcast for quite a while. The problem is they give you a good deal with their bundles that include voice, internet, and cable TV service. When you want to remove one, you lose the savings of the bundle.

But the cable television setup just has to go, as the channel selection and quality is below par. With so much discussion today about high definition, there just wasn’t much selection with Charter Cable. So I began researching who else was available in my area.

I happen to be one of the folks who have a couple of choices. Unlike most subscribers who can only select from just the cable company or DIRECTV satellite service, I have another option in my area. The old telephone company in this neighborhood has been enhancing their network. So now I have an additional player with Verizon and their fiber optic service.

That doesn’t of course mean I won’t have similar problems. It could put someone in the same boat as with the cable television company, as the phone guys want me to bundle their television setup with internet and voice service. If the deal works out well, I’ll be happy. But if its not you are in the same circumstance that I’m in now with the cable operator.

The evaluations I found on the internet are pretty good on telecom television service. Because it is brand new, there is always a learning curve with a new technology like this, and some folks write poor reviews. Some of those reviews are the quite amusing, simply for the reason customers decide to write a bad review on their horrible experience and share it on the world wide web. They rail on the company like it is some huge conspiracy to screw the customer, as if the company does not want to make money!

Another way to go that I am looking into is of course satellite TV. Because we have six TV watchers in the house, we usually buy a premium TV bundle. The satellite companies are fairly comparable, as the Premier Direct TV package and the America’s Everything Pack from DISH Network are both right around $105 per month. Sure that’s pretty high for cable television, but when you compare that to treating your family to supper and a show, the entertainment value is comparable. Some of my family speak Spanish, so the DIRECTV Mas package looks like a winner. The nice thing is that there are lots of DirecTV pros and cons to help me decide which direction to take.