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 ·Verizon Online DSL
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Re: New World's Speed Record for rejection?
Chip,
Verizon is the damn problem. I've now tried 5 different providers and I've suddenly gone from Northpoint's 12,000 feet to Verizon's 18,000-19,000 feet. They won't even install ISDN because they claim I'm too far. READ ISDN, NOT IDSL (which I also can't get because of Verizon).
I had 416/416 SDSL service and, at one time, was at 784/784 -- I ask you . . . how the hell did I get 700+ at 18,000 feet. IT IS NOT TECHNICALLY POSSIBLE. Add to that that I have no load coils and it is perfectly clear that I'm well inside 18,000 feet.
I'm working with Verizon right now on this issue, but I'm leaning toward a lawsuit. I have literally talked to 15 different Verizon reps and have gotten at least 10 different answers. The best one is that I never really had DSL and that I must have just had a fast modem connection. That's the best yet. . .
By virtue of their actions, Verizon is preventing me from any competing service. I find providers willing to provide the service, regardless of the distance, and Verizon refuses them a clean loop. They refuse to 'hot swap' the Northpoint line because my old ISP is in Chapter 11 -- Verizon claims it cannot legally touch the line and the old ISP will not (really cannot) release it.
Sadly enough, I've come to the opinion that they cannot be trusted or believed. Heck, I'd take their ADSL service if they'd only allow me to. |
