Six months ago I went through the disconnect disco with the ION product. At the time, I spoke with the VP of Broadband Marketing and was assured that Sprint BizDSL would be around for years to come. She urged me to stay with Sprint and make the change.
GOD AM I GLAD I DIDN'T LISTEN!
I went back to my good old Road Runner cable modem. Yes its only got one IP. Yes its only 1500/256. But I haven't had so much as a hickup in service, and there is NO threat of shutting down.
I am beginning to think that DSL is a technology that (much like it's little brother ISDN) never quite got up to escape velocity. Anybody care go guess what, if anything, will be the NEXT broadband option? Will we EVER get fiber? Or will cable modems at home/T-1s at work be the ongoing paradigm?
The technology can be worked out, access from end to end is another story. Clean and uninterrupted access to the "last mile" is what's killin' things....and of course there's that profit thing.
also...a company can only crap on the same customer base x times before they tell you, en masse, no matter the b/w, to pack sand.
