 jsimmonsPremium,MVM
join:2000-04-24
Falls Church, VA | reply to Rickez
Re: Distance 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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 RickezGoinginsane
join:2000-09-02
Three Rivers, MA
 ·Comcast
| "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. |
