Sean> Are there issues with regards to guarantee of service when you Sean> go whole hog onto Cable? Sure, there are potentials that I could lose it all. But in the 9 years I've been in the house, I haven't lost cable for more than a few hours, and that was a few years ago. The past results do not predict the future, yadda yadda..." *grin* Sean> Verizon for all their faults is very good about getting you Sean> reconnected if there is a line down. I could be mistaken, but I Sean> believe that they are required by law to do certain levels of Sean> service. They are required to *try*. Also, my neighborhood is all underground lines, so I only need to worry about the other umpteen miles of wires in the air going down. Sean> I have a friend in Leicester, whose street lost the Charter Sean> Cable line last Friday and they restored it Wednesday Sean> morning. That would be a long time to be without phone service. We both have Cell phones, so it would be an inconvenience, but not the end of the world. It would be worse for my wife because she a) roots for the red sox and b) works from home doing web mistress stuff. Sean> I'm in Shrewsbury, so we have municipal electric, cable, Sean> internet connectivity, and they are starting to offer VOIP as Sean> well. Are they required to offer certain levels of service and to get things working again as quickly as Verizon? Don't get me wrong, I'm not bashing you here, I'm trying to just point out that noone can guaranttee perfect uptime in any service. In Boylston we have town Power. I'd love for the town to allow Verizon Fios in with full phone, internet and TV support. Then I could shop for the best deal between them and Charter. Competition is good. Anyway, it's an experiment in some ways. Saving money is nice, but if worse comes to worse, I punt and move back to Verizon for phone. Sean> John Stoffel wrote:
Hi,
Anyone on here using Charter Telephone VOIP service? I've currently got Verizon, but the wife hates it because our phone lines get flaky all the time, esp when it rains.
So I'm thinking to save money and combine all my stuff onto Charter. I've already got High Speed internet and regular old cable. Not wild about Digital Cable since I'm happy with Tivo and I don't want yet another set top box to have to deal with...
So, any horror stories about Charter Phone VOIP quality and service?
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