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Re: Tuesday, January 02, 2007
I wasn't fair, really. It was more fun shooting the problems than the successes. It's really a treat to be able to get over-the-air signals from San Diego, even if they disappear every once in awhile. The satellite problems are partly our own. We need line of sight to all three of Dish's satellites, and can currently only see two (until we move our dish). That gets fixed on the 15th. Meanwhile, we've been Dish customers for almost a decade, and have found them to be pretty darn good for a big faceless company. Tech support usually comes on pretty quick too, especially if you interrupt the robot by punching "0". For $60 a month we get 29 HD channels. Plus half a dozen from San Diego over the air. Dish does a remarkable job of mixing those in too. Your problem in Camarillo is less easily solvable with an antenna, since the terrain in the direction of Mt. Wilson is highly obstructive; and the locals aren't on the bandwagon yet. The other problem with cable is that the coaxial wiring system they still use can't really handle HD very well. So they compress the hell out of it. Satellite is much better in this respect, but far from perfect. Verizon's FiOS is better, but still compromised, from what I can tell. Worst of all, their Internet service, while better than alternatives, is highly limited by the bias toward providing TV channels. Where does your brother in law live? I wasn't aware that FiOS was anywhere around here. There are responses to this message:
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