Marckus0513
Just Because
join:2003-01-11
Vernon, VT
 ·Verizon Online DSL
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Re: Will this work when using a third party ISP?
said by dslsynch  :
"i have had pots (local and ld) and adsl from a '3rd party' clec for almost a year and a half. i never had vz dsl, but had their pots only. after they laid me off and i went to work for their competition (a clec), i had my employer's pots and dsl installed on the same copper loop that formerly had my vz pots only.
the clec's dsl and local pots is free (an employee perk), every month. a $70 value, every month. even when i worked for vz, they would not give their own employees much of a break on dsl. they would give you $5 off their monthly price. and you didn't get free local calls either. you were lucky to get a small concession on that.
Hello, disgruntled ex-verizon employee. If you work for and are referring to National Mobile (Sovernet) I looked into getting their naked DSL and if you don't get a Dialtone line with them too the price is really high. Verizon DSL was cheaper and I didn't have to have a contract like Sovernet wanted me to commit to. So just because you have choices it doesn't mean that they are cheaper all the time. Sovernet wants you to Bundle their dialtone and DSL just like the rest of them. Don't get me wrong, I think Naked DSL is a great idea and should be made available to everyone! My point is, it isn't just the ILECs that want you to bundle.
And thats nice that you get DSL and dialtone for free each month thru your employer, god I wish I got that, but tell me, are your other benefits as good as they were with Verizon (medical, vacation, pension/401k))? I wouldn't know but I would guess not......I have a friend who works for VZ and he gets pretty good benefits, I think he gets discounted phone service but not free. (This portion Off Topic, sorry)
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