Qwest Choice TV

[Blair P. Houghton]

Anyone got it? Anyone getting it? Anyone but me get
interrupted in the middle of the Sox game to go answer
the door for their salesman?

They say they're delivering digital TV through existing
copper phone lines. Mine loop-qualified like crap for
DSL, but the guy said they'd run new copper for this
if necessary. Even so. Twisted pair vs. coax, and they
claim *better* digital quality? It doesn't parse.

He made a big deal about "16 extra channels", but that's
apparently 16 more than Cox Digital. I still have Cox
Analog, so really, I'll pick up about 50 channels if I go
this way. Maybe. The brochure says 199 channels with
a full package (45 of them "music" channels, apparently),
and 100 with a basic package, but then only lists about 90...

If I make a change, I'm choosing between DirecTV and this
Qwest Choice stuff, because the feature-set for Cox Digital
doesn't impress me at all. So has anyone seen what QC is
actually like?

--Blair
"And yes, if they have a cartoony remote,
I don't want them."

[Penury]

Post by Blair P. Houghton
Anyone got it? Anyone getting it? Anyone but me get
interrupted in the middle of the Sox game to go answer
the door for their salesman?
They say they're delivering digital TV through existing
copper phone lines. Mine loop-qualified like crap for
DSL, but the guy said they'd run new copper for this
if necessary. Even so. Twisted pair vs. coax, and they
claim *better* digital quality? It doesn't parse.
He made a big deal about "16 extra channels", but that's
apparently 16 more than Cox Digital. I still have Cox
Analog, so really, I'll pick up about 50 channels if I go
this way. Maybe. The brochure says 199 channels with
a full package (45 of them "music" channels, apparently),
and 100 with a basic package, but then only lists about 90...
If I make a change, I'm choosing between DirecTV and this
Qwest Choice stuff, because the feature-set for Cox Digital
doesn't impress me at all. So has anyone seen what QC is
actually like?
--Blair
"And yes, if they have a cartoony remote,
I don't want them."

-=Bill Eckle=-
***@wmeckle.com
Vanity Web pages at:
http://www.wmeckle.com

[Penury]

Post by Blair P. Houghton
Anyone got it? Anyone getting it? Anyone but me get
interrupted in the middle of the Sox game to go answer
the door for their salesman?

Hi Blair:
I've had Choice TV and VDSL for about 3 1/2 years, and am very
satisfied, very few outages (only in T-storms), and 1st rate service (
not like the rest of Qwest). I have basic analog TV with ~83 channels
and 45 music channels. My cost is $35 per month for TV and $35 per
month for VDSL (Internet access, 640K up & down), plus taxes, and
regular phone service.
As an aside: The reason they can provide this service on a copper
pair is that you only get one channel at a time, therefore they don't
require the bandwidth. When you select a channel, that request goes to
the CO (Central Office), and the CO sends the channel requested. The
time lapse between channels is no more than Cox. The last time I
checked, Cox was about $20 more per month for the same service.
The picture quality is "slightly: darker than Cox, but I have my TV
set to 6500 Kelvin, so I could adjust that difference away.
I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have.

-=Bill Eckle=-
***@wmeckle.com
Vanity Web pages at:
http://www.wmeckle.com