Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer in Embarq http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r19492379 en Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:51:53 EDT Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:51:53 EDT Re: My dialtone won't die! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19566163 espaeth :
said by Dezbend See Profile :

They use telephone your telephone number + customer code as your account number. When you drop the number you would be assigned a fictitious account number. You will need to resign up on embarq.com with this new account number.
I called in to ask about the status of the order and they gave me my new account number - I was able to get re-registered with that. Also the dialtone is now gone as of this evening. Now the only challenge is going to be to get Fastpath back again...

-Eric]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19566163 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 04:48:05 EDT Re: My dialtone won't die! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19564500 orph4824 : My online account number changed automatically, paid my bill from embarqs online payment monday useing the new fictitous number and it went thru no problem. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19564500 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:27:03 EDT Re: My dialtone won't die! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19564303 Dezbend : They use telephone your telephone number + customer code as your account number. When you drop the number you would be assigned a fictitious account number. You will need to resign up on embarq.com with this new account number.
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said by orph4824 See Profile :

No more POTS telephone, seems they killed it a day ahead of what I was told..
According to Embarq my line was disconnected yesterday. Today the line still has dialtone, can receive incoming calls, and the 800 number calls I tried went through. It just won't die!!!

Have you been able to log into your online account on Embarq's site since the change was made? I get an account retrieval error ever since yesterday when they said the disconnect went into effect in the system.

-Eric]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19563929 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:08:25 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557645 B_DuB : lol.... better...watch it..they may know who you are and try to charge ya some other tax we don't know about to compensate (woops) hahaha]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557645 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:58:13 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557532 orph4824 : HEHE I've been hangin out here so long as DSLR they should be chargeing me rent.. :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557532 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:41:16 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557421 B_DuB :
said by orph4824 See Profile :

a dumb redneck. :D
! not another one!!! been gone for awhile. Good to see your still here with that since of humor.
I talked to them back in August and it struck me weird that they said I would still have internet access if the power went out on my pot's.They just upgraded all the underground so that sounds right to me. It's about time!!!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557421 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:26:35 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19542970 dav0r : lol, yeah i hear you. i don't use qos because i rarely have more than a thing or two on at once. okay i lied i use wireless qos when my wife's surfing but it's less impacting than full qos on my router.

from the looks of your posts seems like you have a lot going on over there. that's cool though. and TS doesn't make people sound as 'weird' as ventrilo haha. later.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19542970 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 05:01:55 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19542787 orph4824 : That's why I use bandwidth management I've got my own webserver, picture gallery, teamspeak and have bandwidth limit set on each protocol/port so theres a balance but what do I know I'm just a dumb redneck. :D
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Life's 3 rules: 1. Stuff happens 2. Stuff happens on a regular basis 3. Better get used to the first two... (not the actual saying but you get the drift)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19542787 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 02:27:57 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19541818 dav0r :
said by orph4824 See Profile :

...the only thing I could see them doing *IF* they offered a VoIP product would be to move subscribers to fastpath.
Yeah Charter prioritized VOIP via port (so I heard) but cable has to fight way more near the home in some cases. I think users should be left to manage VOIP locally but it's a tough call because there is always some knob that blames a provider for things he/she is breaking or not understanding (I've been that knob more than once). Hard to say. I'm glad VOIP may lower ISP latency or more likely lower latency threshold TOS specifications.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19541818 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:16:15 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19541773 dav0r : I hear you. I looked into it more per Espaeth (I'm still pretty new so just got a 'real' bill this month). I get a $5 credit that was thrown at me for -like you alluded to- the numerous complaints they likely receive about the extra charges. I think I'm paying about $13 more tops for the POTS but I'll try a novel approach; honesty. I'm sure it'll get me nowhere but I don't want to 'dink' around a provider - would rather have a fair relationship. I've learned abusing the system is usually a very bad idea. No I do not want to marry Embarq before someone replies with that drivel.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19541773 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:08:23 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19541010 Fox McCloud :
said by orph4824 See Profile :

VoIP doesn't use much bandwidth at all, Embarq wouldn't prioritize VoIP or supply anything beyond your typical bandwidth tiers, the only thing I could see them doing *IF* they offered a VoIP product would be to move subscribers to fastpath.
we don't know that, for certain. Comcast puts their VoIP on a different set of bandwidth (at least, so I've heard). There's a company around here that also does the same things. As for QoS...they could do if it they wanted to.

I'm not saying that "you're totally wrong, they would definitely do it", I'm just saying we don't really know what they'd do; given their track record, they probably wouldn't give you separate bandwidth or provide provider-end QoS, but you never know either.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19541010 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:09:32 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19540493 orph4824 : VoIP doesn't use much bandwidth at all, Embarq wouldn't prioritize VoIP or supply anything beyond your typical bandwidth tiers, the only thing I could see them doing *IF* they offered a VoIP product would be to move subscribers to fastpath.
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Life's 3 rules: 1. Stuff happens 2. Stuff happens on a regular basis 3. Better get used to the first two... (not the actual saying but you get the drift)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19540493 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:39:34 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19540432 Fox McCloud :
said by orph4824 See Profile :

I'd rather choose another provider for VoIP... I've looked at 3, vonage, viatalk, packet8.
I'll second that, I'm just saying they should offer it as a cheap alternative....after all, you never know; it could turn out to be awesome VoIP service (also, since they control the bandwidth, they could give a little extra bandwidth to those who have their VoIP). If done right, it'd be awesome, but if done wrong, it'd suck.

said by Vectordirect See Profile :

The 10 dollar charge is for not having a qualified telephone bundle. My 5.0 service is regularly priced 54.95 and i get a 10 dollar credit for the bundled telephone service. With the naked DSL, I will be paying 10 dollars more,but losing the phone service for a net loss of about 40 dollars a month (long distance too).
depends on how you look at it;

for some people, it'd be a net gain of $20.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19540432 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:32:07 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19538735 Vectordirect : The 10 dollar charge is for not having a qualified telephone bundle. My 5.0 service is regularly priced 54.95 and i get a 10 dollar credit for the bundled telephone service. With the naked DSL, I will be paying 10 dollars more,but losing the phone service for a net loss of about 40 dollars a month (long distance too).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19538735 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:00:23 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19538475 StillLearn :
said by espaeth See Profile :

EMBARQ high-speed Internet $34.95
EMBARQ Internet Access $10.00

HSI Total: $44.95

What is that charge for "Internet Access"?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19538475 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:20:48 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19536380 dav0r :
said by Vectordirect See Profile :

My 5.0 download is supposed to come with 768 upload.All the speedtests I do indicate that 640 or so is what I have.
They're running g_dmt mutli-mode. If you're using a 660 they changed my ADSL standard to get me up to 864 but it was a royal pain... took two hours and 3 people total time to get it changed/back up. Techs kept syncing at 896 and I was stuck at 768 but had previously gotten 864 (we're talking sync here not actual throughput, you lose about %15 of your throughput based on your sync).

So you're syncing at 5888/768 (896 would be your full '768' rate upload after loss/overhead) which turns into just over 5000 and 655'ish. Do us all a favor and complain about it like I did. I don't care what DSL standard they put me on and I don't care if I have to buy a dang modem to support the full rate but don't tell me 768 then knock me down 100kbps without saying anything. It's over now but I was ticked at the time.

With 5888/864 (I can't get that extra 32 for some reason but the test sets can that testers had here... I think the 660 sucks, personally) I get 5050/740 consistently on actual throughput testing.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19536380 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:31:56 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19536229 orph4824 : I'd rather choose another provider for VoIP... I've looked at 3, vonage, viatalk, packet8.

Both vonage and viatalk don't have any local access numbers and just found out about packet8 today from a friend they do have local numbers still researching. Back last year skype offers an unlimited outbound calling 12mos for $15 this year it goes to $30 still worth it and may renew that come January. Skype has a inbound account but like vonage and viatalk no local numbers and I'd like the service to computer independant to where I could hook up POTS devices like a fax machine etc, I've even given thought about an asterisk server, it's a voip server based on linux.
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Life's 3 rules: 1. Stuff happens 2. Stuff happens on a regular basis 3. Better get used to the first two... (not the actual saying but you get the drift)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19536229 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:53:18 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19536225 espaeth :
said by orph4824 See Profile :

No more POTS telephone, seems they killed it a day ahead of what I was told..
I wasn't so lucky. My line was supposed to go dead on Wednesday, but after things were still live today I called Embarq support. Seems my order to cancel was withdrawn in the system, so the CSR I spoke with today put my request through again. *fingers crossed*

-Eric]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19536225 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:51:07 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19534932 Fox McCloud :
said by orph4824 See Profile :

*sings... "The Day the Dialtone Died"

No more POTS telephone, seems they killed it a day ahead of what I was told..Only thing now is since my DSL is naked... does it need a jacket??? :D
nah; let it be "free to be" :-P

anyway, Embarq said they won't be offering this up front...but if enough people find out about this, and start spreading the word...perhaps they'll change their mind. (one thing they could do that would be smart is offer cheap VoIP service in addition/instead of POTS).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19534932 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:38:29 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19534390 orph4824 : *sings... "The Day the Dialtone Died"

No more POTS telephone, seems they killed it a day ahead of what I was told..Only thing now is since my DSL is naked... does it need a jacket??? :D
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Life's 3 rules: 1. Stuff happens 2. Stuff happens on a regular basis 3. Better get used to the first two... (not the actual saying but you get the drift)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19534390 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:59:15 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19533475 Vectordirect : My 5.0 download is supposed to come with 768 upload.All the speedtests I do indicate that 640 or so is what I have.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19533475 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:06:37 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19532801 netposer : What's the upstream speeds on each of those download speeds?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19532801 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:17:38 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19531174 Fox McCloud :
said by Dezbend See Profile :

Sales reps do not have this offer. Negotiating at the point of sale will do nothing for you :(

I asked my friend about this and it appears that this offer is available in all areas with the pricing seen above.
that sucks about signing up.

Ahh well, this just came out...hopefully by the time DSL is available here (I'm going to guess the soonest will be March of 2008....thought June-July seems more likely) things will have changed a bit. If they see naked DSL as something people like...well, you never know.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19531174 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:10:41 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19530352 Dezbend : Sales reps do not have this offer. Negotiating at the point of sale will do nothing for you :(

I asked my friend about this and it appears that this offer is available in all areas with the pricing seen above.
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said by orph4824 See Profile :

Told them I was dropping service for a better deal from Comcast and that I never used the POTS anyhow(that being the truth).
ahhh....I'll probably have to try for an alternative approach (I won't like)...

My approach would probably be this, "Well, I'm thinking a bout signing up, but I just don't know; EVDO is a little cheaper, and I don't have a need for a phone-line....is there anything I could do to not get a phoneline?"

All would be 100% true (EVDO is $50.90 for me after taxes) and I'd probably go for, at the least 5 meg...so....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19529451 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:17:29 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19528983 orph4824 : Told them I was dropping service for a better deal from Comcast and that I never used the POTS anyhow(that being the truth).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19528983 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:44:50 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19527500 Fox McCloud :
said by orph4824 See Profile :

I called in as espaeth suggest and sure enough my dialtone should become a flatline as of Friday, awesome deal!
what, exactly did you say? Did you threaten or just ask for it?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19527500 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:16:17 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19524673 orph4824 : I called in as espaeth suggest and sure enough my dialtone should become a flatline as of Friday, awesome deal!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19524673 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:23:58 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19524313 Fox McCloud :
said by Vectordirect See Profile :

My wife and I signed up for this today. We called and told them that we were considering switching to a WISP since the cost was less and we didn't need a phone line. The retention rep offered us the 5.0 plan alone for 54.95 a month with no voice. We took it and it should be effective before Monday.
wow; that's great. If this pattern keeps up, Embarq will have a very nice naked DSL deal going on; many of the other telco's charge you a bit to have naked DSL; it doesn't look like Embarq will be charging you anything extra.

I'll be looking forward to this once 10/1 rolls around.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19524313 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:27:33 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19523778 Vectordirect : My wife and I signed up for this today. We called and told them that we were considering switching to a WISP since the cost was less and we didn't need a phone line. The retention rep offered us the 5.0 plan alone for 54.95 a month with no voice. We took it and it should be effective before Monday.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19523778 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:45:17 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19521819 Fox McCloud : that's a royal steal...erm, deal!

Basically the price you pay for the 10 meg package is $54.95 if you have the $30 phone package....or $64.95 for if you have a package less than $30.....

So realistically,there's no extra price tacked on; it's like paying the full price, but without the additional charges of a phone line.

if this turns out to be true, man oh man; this will be an awesome deal!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19521819 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:21:21 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19520528 skj : This has not been confirmed, but here is what I have been told are the prices for Embarq Naked DSL:

768 K
$29.95

1.5 M
$34.95

3.0 M
$44.95

5.0 M
$54.95

10.0 M
$64.95
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said by espaeth See Profile :

From my last bill:

EMBARQ high-speed Internet $34.95
EMBARQ Internet Access $10.00

HSI Total: $44.95
Why teh separate charges for HSI and access?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19513192 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:31:11 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19513025 espaeth : Did you call or just use the online chat? I called the support number (1 888.723.8010), entered my telephone number, and selected "cancel service or features" (option 3?) which got me transfered to the retention department. The rep did state that it was only going to be offered as a save to prevent losing you as a customer altogether. It might be that the online chat folks don't have the ability to offer it?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19513025 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:05:34 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19512686 orph4824 : Lucky you espaeth. just got off chat with them and they say "Direct DSL" isn't available in all areas... so how much more is Embarq gonna milk out from POTS.

EDIT: In fact that so annoyed me I just set call forwarding to a freebie voicemail service and went and disconnected all my POTS phones, I'll just wait and drop POTS when I can.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19512686 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:24:25 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19511698 scooper : Let's rephrase that -
We currently use Virgin Mobile (which uses Sprint PCS' network). I didn't think they would let us use that.

Just checked the website / link - not yet available here.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19511698 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:57:11 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19511688 espaeth : I've been looking at StoneBridge wireless ( »www.sbwireless.net ) as an alternative lately since they have a package deal they've offered to employees of my company where I can get 3/1mbps service for $55/mo. Pretty much on-par with what I'm paying for Embarq HSI but without the extra voice costs.

Since I had my alternative lined up I called in today to cancel service, and the whole experience went quite well. The first question my rep asked was if I was displeased with the service, and I explained that I was actually very pleased with the HSI service but the dialtone that I was required to buy to have access to it made it more expensive than my wireless alternative. She told me that there was an option where she could just offer me the HSI service, but she cautioned me that I would lose my reliable POTS access with e911. I accepted the risk and asked to move forward with removing dialtone. What's interesting is my rep stated there was no line access charge, and that I would be simply billed for the HSI service plus applicable taxes.

My next bill is 12/6 -- we'll see what things look like then.

-Eric

P.S. One fun anecdote to go with the reliable PSTN service: I have Viatalk VoIP service, and for home Internet access I have both Embarq DSL and Comcast HSI. Back in September there was an issue with Embarq's network in my area that knocked out DSL, my dialtone on my POTS line, *AND* the SprintPCS cell tower by me went dead so I had no cell coverage. I would have lost all phone service for 4 hours had it not been for Viatalk over Comcast Internet. POTS reliability usually is great, but even the phone company isn't immune from things breaking. News about the outage is here: »www.startribune.com/462/story/1397905.html

Edit: Just fixing spelling errors and correcting sentence structure.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19511688 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:56:08 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19510732 dav0r : Yeah I'll have to check my bill. I think the $9 should be a flat fee (just the 9) then disable the line for any calls. They can totally do that but I bet they just don't want to do so.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19510732 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:27:48 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19508992 espaeth :
said by scooper See Profile :

"Going Naked" might be OK - if our cell phone service (Sprint PCS) was reliable enough. Until then - the wired phoneline will not be leaving my house.
»airave.sprint.com/

Having your own micro cell site in your house than uses your broadband connection could change that.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19508992 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:05:16 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19508975 espaeth : From my last bill:

Measured local phone service $9.00
Extended Calling Area $3.75
Federal universal service fund $.68
Federal Tax $.48
State Sales Tax $1.28
County Tax $.03
Relay/911/Tele Assist fee $0.73
Interstate access surcharge $6.22

Voice total: $22.17

EMBARQ high-speed Internet $34.95
EMBARQ Internet Access $10.00

HSI Total: $44.95

Complete bill: $67.12

So in order to get my $44.95 HSI service I have to pay $22.17/mo for a "$9" phone line I don't use. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19508975 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:52 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19507794 dav0r : Ah mine is not truly naked then... it's like just topless, I suppose. I have to pay the $9 but that's it. I think there is tone on the line and I remember them saying I'd be killed with charges if I terminated a call with it. I stand corrected. Makes sense that they get at least $5/month for it because they laid down the wires.

My cell service is free from work so yes I hear you. I always have to tell people not to give me the VOIP sales pitch.

SO... they're saying they'll cover the fee from the telco for you... I get it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19507794 Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:45:50 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19507792 scooper : "Going Naked" might be OK - if our cell phone service (Sprint PCS) was reliable enough. Until then - the wired phoneline will not be leaving my house.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19507792 Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:45:29 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19506509 Fox McCloud :
said by dav0r See Profile :

My DSL was born naked. Is this not common or you're unable to switch if you had POTS service @ onset?

Also to the other poster they discussed the 10 meg being available here (didn't state the upload but guessing 1) and even indicated that the 5/5 may roll out in my area next year (like Nevada). He also noted that they can select some users to test it free of charge for a duration that is usually a few months for beta testing. I told him to flag my account for that! :o
If/when a DSLAM is deployed at my RT, I hope that some of the newer technologies are deployed (especially 10/1...which isn't really 10/1...it's more like 10 meg down and 896k up, but it's easier to just call it 10/1)....since it's a fiber-fed, RT, I'd say I definitely stand a chance....though being out in the country? *Shrug* I dunno.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19506509 Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:56:41 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19506358 espaeth : Last year they refused to let me order DSL without getting dialtone. I currently have $9 metered voice service that ends up being $20 after the extended area service fees and taxes are added in. Considering I have Viatalk VoIP service and a cell phone, that's $20 of dead weight I'd love to lose from my bill.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19506358 Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:30:27 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19506257 dav0r : My DSL was born naked. Is this not common or you're unable to switch if you had POTS service @ onset?

Also to the other poster they discussed the 10 meg being available here (didn't state the upload but guessing 1) and even indicated that the 5/5 may roll out in my area next year (like Nevada). He also noted that they can select some users to test it free of charge for a duration that is usually a few months for beta testing. I told him to flag my account for that! :o]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19506257 Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:12:12 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19501622 skj : Hopefully someone will call and post back here with the details.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19501622 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:19:48 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19501612 Fox McCloud : Wow! What an awesome step! This "no DSL for years" could turn out to be a huge blessing when it's deployed here....10/1 the possibility of newer equipment being used (and thus, fastpath), and now the possibility of naked DSL.

Hopefully Embarq will see this as the future and offer naked DSL for little to no extra cost.

any other details? For example, the pricing for naked DSL?

man oh man, I hope DSL gets deployed here next year!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19501612 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:16:46 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19501484 orph4824 : I've so wanted naked DSL for the longest time, may have to call and cancel service :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19501484 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:46:52 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19501469 skj : That is all the information I have at this time.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19501469 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:41:59 EDT Re: Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19501078 UncleScooter : Any details?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19501078 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:14:02 EDT Embarq offering naked DSL as a retention offer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19492379 skj : My inside source informs me that Embarq has started reactively offering naked DSL as a retention offer only. There will be no advertising and it will only be available if no other save offer appeals to customers.
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The foundations of character are built not by lecture, but by bricks of good example, laid day by day.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19492379 Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:01:13 EDT