| Well... I hope it sticks... Fairpoint really doesn't have the funds necessary to upgrade the network. Borrowing money is really quite risky, many areas that have some sort of broadband would blow Fairpoint's idea of DSL out of the water. I will not be switching to Fairpoint, as I'm not in the mood for the current pricing that i am able to dig up from some of their other areas.
For what they are charging for 1.5/1 DSL I can get 10/1 cable for the same or less cost. IMHO Fairpoint will only be relevant in the parts of NH, ME, and VT that don't have other options other than dialup or sattelite. |
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Bangor, ME | In several of the Maine Verizon markets that would be acquired by Fairpoint, they already have 20/1 DSL service for 60$ a month, and they can also get phone through the same DSL carrier. Not to say cable doesn't matter, just that cable is only available in something like 60% of Maine.
I figure in a Fairpoint world they'd kick that CLEC out of the COs pretty quick so they could offer their crazy 80 a month 1.5/1 service you speak of.
From what I've heard it isn't even their service. Fairpoint outsources their data services to someone else on their behalf. |
