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NEP1611
join:2002-03-27
Northford, CT
| Re: Weak article I agree, it sounds like the writer there doesn't have a clue as to how local phone service works. The next district I hear of that has SBC and Verizon to pick from will be the first.
To an extent, I think this goes to the entire article. In general, people will probably not have more than two or three of these providers available for their purchase, if that. So how much good is it, really, to know that Cox scored higher than Comcast, when all you can get is Comcast? Definitely not like when they compare pretty much anything else, where all of the products are available to be purchased (i.e., you don't have to live in the Maytag franchise area to buy a Maytag dishwasher.) | |
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| wtansill
Ncc1701
join:2000-10-10
Falls Church, VA
| said by djrobx  :It's hard to take any article seriously that has this: quote:
For the best values in broadband service:
11 SBC Yahoo
12 Verizon
There’s a good likelihood that one or both of these DSL services are available where you live.
One or BOTH? I don't think I've ever seen a location where BOTH were available! This is why I stopped reading Consumer Reports. Any time I've read one of their reviews on a suject I knew something about, it has been so riddled with inaccuracies that I've found the article useless. I gave up on them years ago.
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yuniverse
join:2000-07-14
Federal Way, WA
| Re: Weak article said by wtansill :said by djrobx :It's hard to take any article seriously that has this: quote:
For the best values in broadband service:
11 SBC Yahoo
12 Verizon
There’s a good likelihood that one or both of these DSL services are available where you live.
One or BOTH? I don't think I've ever seen a location where BOTH were available! This is why I stopped reading Consumer Reports. Any time I've read one of their reviews on a suject I knew something about, it has been so riddled with inaccuracies that I've found the article useless. I gave up on them years ago. My thoughts exactly. I also quit subscribing to CR a few years back. They were just terribly inaccurate especially in the area of technical items | |
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| psx_defector
join:2001-06-09
Allen, TX
| said by djrobx :One or BOTH? I don't think I've ever seen a location where BOTH were available! In Dallas/Ft. Worth area, you can get either SBC or Verizon in normally Verizon ILEC territory. There are a few markets in California that do the same thing.
And SBC is a CLEC in most of the country, able to provide DSL and local phone service in any area. Las Vegas is a good example. | |
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@dynamic.cov
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For the best values in broadband service:
11 SBC Yahoo
12 Verizon
There’s a good likelihood that one or both of these DSL services are available where you live.
How about none? None of those are available where I live. It's all Cox, Qwest and Covad for broadband out here and all are overpriced, except maybe Qwest. | |
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Tsume
join:2004-02-23
Johnson City, TN | Re: Users unhappy with most providers The ratings for COX seem pretty much right on the mark. | |
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