 RickezGoinginsane
join:2000-09-02
Three Rivers, MA | Distance "they no longer qualify for tiers they already have (thousands of feet tacked on to their loop length)."
This has happened to me, total bs. |
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 jsimmonsPremium,MVM
join:2000-04-24
Falls Church, VA | said by Rickez:"they no longer qualify for tiers they already have (thousands of feet tacked on to their loop length)." This has happened to me, total bs. LOL....
I have 2 phone lines at my address, both terminating at the same CO. Been running Covad DSL 1536/384 for 4 years... Rock solid. Decided to try VZ DSL on the other pair ($29.95 hard to pass up)... But after installation, only got about 700/128. Complained about the speed provisioning and requested higher. They refused saying I was "too far from CO" to qualify for 1536/384. Needless to say I canceled within my 30 day satisfaction window.
To me DSL is a stopgap technology the phone companies are milking until they can get higher speed pipes to the home. There are just too many problems with the "last mile" antequated copper network. So unless they get fiber to the house, I agree the Cable companies will be the telco of the future.
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"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler."- Albert Einstein |
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This is an obvious ploy at saying "The days of 29.99 all you can eat dsl at whatever speed are numbered." You people need to do your homework on our economy. EVERYTHING is going up: gas prices, your cabletv bill, your internet access, etc etc etc... this is revenge for thousands of you dsl customers getting voip and switching your verizon service to "basic"... They're gonna get a few dollars back.. face it- your sorta stuck... you CAN go over to optimum online's not guaranteed bandwitdth and hope it solves all your problems, or maybe, dare I say get FIOS 5mbit for aobut $2 more for 5mbit?
As far as I know, (AFIK) its not locked into a contract and they gotta do alot more costly provisioning for that puppy...than they ever did for dsl. |
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RickezGoinginsane
join:2000-09-02
Three Rivers, MA Reviews:
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"I have 2 phone lines at my address, both terminating at the same CO. Been running Covad DSL 1536/384 for 4 years... Rock solid. Decided to try VZ DSL on the other pair ($29.95 hard to pass up)... But after installation, only got about 700/128. Complained about the speed provisioning and requested higher."
Yup this is me 100%, well minus the covad part. only get about 700/128. Not to mention between my business line and home line I spend 0ver $150 a month with Verizon. |
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 rodoke
join:2003-10-28
Carbondale, IL | reply to anObviousPloy
said by anObviousPloy:
... you CAN go over to optimum online's not guaranteed bandwitdth and hope it solves all your problems
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 StreetSpiritThis spot reserved for Xenu.Premium
join:2002-08-13
Roslyn, NY
kudos:3
·Optimum Online
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It just happened to me.
1.5/128 and 1.5/384 for 3-5 years of ADSL service @ 12,500. Early friday morning my house took a walk and my modem resynced at 768/128.
The reps refuse to do anything. "The best we can offer you Sir is 768/128".. But...but...but... Ah forget it!
They lost a long payed for provisioned ADSL customer and a landline in the process. I read about this and thought it was the author exagerating, until it happened to me.
David |
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