 DragasoniWe're All Mad HerePremium
join:2001-12-14
Palm Bay, FL
 ·Earthlink Cable ..
| Kinda off subject but... Why can I only get Verizon DSL?? Covad is not available, so I'd have to suffer with a useless 128 kbps upload. I really miss my 768 kbps upload I used to have on cable. I really wish I could get the 1500/768 kbps DSL package, but I can't. If I want 768 kbps upload from any provider available to me, the prices are ridiculous. I did have 4000/768 for $84.95 a month, but then RR cut my speed to 2000/384 but still charged the same $84.95 a month.
I know a guy who works from Verizon in Tuxedo, NY. He claims, they are taking out DSL lines faster than they are putting them in. Why you might ask? Because Tuxedo, NY is served by Optimum Online! Why get 768/128 for 49 a month, when you can get 10000/1000 for 40? Again, I don't need those speeds, but how about a fair price on a 768 kbps upload somewhere?
Did Verizon ever think if they tried to compete with cable that they might actually sell some DSL lines? Seriously, some of these DSL prices are insane. Tampa Bay DSL is a rip off, for example. Their 1500/384 kbps service is 100 bucks a month! Have a look: »www.tampabaydsl.com/Res_DSL.htm
Are they worried about not being able to rip off T1 customers anymore? Yes, they must be. So now they figure out how to make useless 768/128 kbps DSL reach 600 feet further. Am I supposed to be impressed? I'm not and I think it is pointless. We need more competition in the broadband industry. Cause I'm starting to think both cable and DSL suck...
-Dragasoni-
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 djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
kudos:1
 ·Verizon Wireless..
·RoadRunner Cable
 ·AT&T U-Verse
 ·VOIPo
·PHONE POWER
| Yes - That's precisely why I don't much care about FTTH, Docsis 2.0, or ADSL2. According to my DSL modem, I'm using 18% of my downstream capacity, and 24% of my upload. Better neighborhood connections won't do squat if the providers don't want to lift the caps.
OOL is an enigma, which I'm sad to say has not had any effect on the competition. Verizon has been content to leave their caps at a pathetic 768/128 (up from 640/90) whlie just about everyone except Charter Pipeline outdoes them. People don't seem to be flocking to $49 1500/768 Worldcom circuits, either.
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DragasoniWe're All Mad HerePremium
join:2001-12-14
Palm Bay, FL Reviews:
·Earthlink Cable ..
| reply to Dragasoni
I would get that 1500/768, but I can't. Verizon DSL or nothing for me. I hate that, and I will not settle for a useless 128 kbps upload cap.
-Dragasoni-
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 dyoo78
join:2002-10-25
Emeryville, CA | reply to Dragasoni
Darn folks, you guys speak so contently about having the worthless upload of 128k.
Sheesh, I'm happy I even got DSL service. I waited almost 2 years for DSL/Cable/anything broadband, and I finally got it. Poor old me, satisfied with my 1500/128 service for $50.  |
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