Frontier FiOS Plans MASSIVE Television Rate Hike
Our friend Mike Rogoway over at The Oregonian reported today that Frontier, the new owner of what was Verizon FiOS internet and television service in the Northwest, plans a massive rate hike for television packages. Massive as in $95 per month, up from $65.
Despite promising not to raise rates, they make this move while also offering a deal if you switch to their partners, DirectTV. Sounds to us like they don’t want to be in the TV business anymore. Too bad, FiOS TV is very popular around town.
From OregonLive.com:
The higher rates won’t immediately affect customers who have Frontier FiOS TV contracts with set pricing. But for customers without a contract, and customers whose contracts are expiring, the rate hikes will be steep.
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Frontier will offer customers another, more affordable option — DirecTV satellite service. The company says Frontier customers who add video service, or move from FiOS to DirecTV, will get free satellite TV service for the rest of 2011.
The full story from The Oregonian is available at OregonLive.com by clicking here.
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It's misleading to use the term FiOS in association with Frontier's services. Verizon provided the infrastructure, but the two companies and their respective products are entirely separate from one another.
Yes, they are two separate companies and products but the Frontier product still carries the name FiOS (per the license agreement between the two companies). Therefore, it is not misleading to use the term, in our opinion.
How is it misleading?
You might want to let Frontier know that they can't use the term FiOS on their website since they apparently have nothing to do with it…..