Boomerang86
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| Frontier is just a Fairpoint wannabee
We also have Frontier for POTS/DSL in parts of Orange County, New York (including my town). They JUST started offering 3 MBPS down (up from 1MB) a year ago, and all their recent lousy promotions require a two year contract with a hefty ETF (in one case, it was $400!!).
They have NO FTTH/FTTN plans, and have been losing POTS lines left and right to VOIP and wireless. The exodus picked up BIG TIME when Time Warner rolled out the $89.95 Triple Play back in January, in response to the FiOS rollout in Newburgh; I was one of those.
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spewak
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| said by Boomerang86  :They have NO FTTH/FTTN plans, and have been losing POTS lines left and right to VOIP and wireless. The exodus picked up BIG TIME when Time Warner rolled out the $89.95 Triple Play back in January, in response to the FiOS rollout in Newburgh; I was one of those. I jumped for exactly that reason. I went to FTTH triple play because they refused to raise their download speeds. What a sorry excuse for a company. 
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dbmaven
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| reply to Boomerang86
I'm nearby (Town of Woodbury) - and in '99 Frontier was the only game in town. Cablevision was dragging its heels. I stayed with Frontier far longer than I should have - but when Cablevision bumped their offering up to 10/1, and Frontier had just gone to 3/1, I left. Within about a year, OOL went to 15/2, and I added BOOST when it became available (30/5).
Now I've got a MagicJack, and am going to drop the 2nd Phone line I had for FAX/DSL - which I'd kept as a 2nd line/FAX option. The net effect is I have 30/5 uncapped (at least for the time being) internet service - at the same price I was paying for a POTS line with 3/1 DSL.
No contest.
With this sort of crap, I may drop my main POTS line and go with Optimum Voice. As much as I can't stand the Dolans, and the thought of giving them more money is revolting, it's less revolting than funding Frontier's stupidity.
Anyone living in a Cablevision serviced area ought to bail from Frontier yesterday, if not sooner.
For that matter, anyone living in a RoadRunner serviced area ought to do the same. |
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mystik1
@charter.com | Wow. 30/5 is amazing. I wish there was something here like that! |
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plat2on1
join:2002-08-21
Hopewell Junction, NY
clubs: | reply to Boomerang86
i dropped frontier back in 2003, after the citizens merger the service went to shit
i wish i could switch my phone to voip but i can't port my number  |
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bigunk
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Santa Clarita, CA | Why can't you port your number? |
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dOoD1379
join:2005-04-20
Elk Grove, CA
| I've tried to port my phone number from Frontier and I couldn't. I chalked it up to Frontier's exclusivity on the prefix, mine being (916) 714. I haven't seen the 714 prefix being used for any telco other than in Frontier. I guess these smaller ILEC's do not have to give up their numbers, unlike well established baby bells who do. |
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plat2on1
join:2002-08-21
Hopewell Junction, NY
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| reply to bigunk
said by bigunk :Why can't you port your number? the only companies that service my ratecenter are frontier, cablevision and comcast. |
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dbmaven
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Sty in Sky
clubs: | I helped an organization port several numbers from Citizens/Frontier in the 845 AC/928 exchange to Cablevision. If you haven't tried to port recently (within the last year), you might want to give it another try. |
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plat2on1
join:2002-08-21
Hopewell Junction, NY
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| said by dbmaven :I helped an organization port several numbers from Citizens/Frontier in the 845 AC/928 exchange to Cablevision. If you haven't tried to port recently (within the last year), you might want to give it another try. i believe i could probably port to comcast but what i want to do is port my number to something cheap like vonage's $15 a month plan. comcast has their $40 everything included but i don't need any of that stuff because of our cell phones. |
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hottboiinnc
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Cleveland, OH | Vonage is going to give you a lot more than what Comcast would and cheaper. Give your number up or port it out to someone that is willing to and have it forwarded to your cell phone. hell even try porting it to a cell phone. |
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Boomerang86
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| reply to dOoD1379
said by dOoD1379 :I've tried to port my phone number from Frontier and I couldn't. I chalked it up to Frontier's exclusivity on the prefix, mine being (916) 714. I haven't seen the 714 prefix being used for any telco other than in Frontier. I guess these smaller ILEC's do not have to give up their numbers, unlike well established baby bells who do. Did you try recently? TWC ported my (845) 778 Frontier exchange number successfully back in February, though it did take a full TWO WEEKS.
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