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Dazed Confused
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join:2000-03-26
Mount Vernon, NY | Fees and Unfees? My DSL is $29.95 a month PERIOD. No Fees No unfees | |
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expert007
join:2006-01-10
Buffalo, NY | 7.1 Down .....sorta ok. 384K up?
Sorry VZ, won't give it a second glance. | |
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RockCake
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join:2005-07-12
Woodbridge, VA | Re: 7.1 Down .....sorta ok. Verizon needs to bump up that upload speed | |
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Smith6612
Premium
join:2008-02-01
united state | Verizon has 768kbps on the upload, not 384kbps. The 384kbps speed is for the 1.5Mbps and the 1Mbps provisioning.
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Mactron
el camino Real
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join:2001-12-16
CM94sv | Hmmm "7.1 Mbps/384 Kbps"
WTH ?.. 7.1 Mbps/768 Kbps is what they offer here.  | |
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nycdave
Premium,MVM
join:1999-11-16
Melville, NY
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| Re: Hmmm said by Mactron  :"7.1 Mbps/384 Kbps" WTH ?.. 7.1 Mbps/768 Kbps is what they offer here. There is no 7.1/384 DSL tier - Karl, your article is wrong. | |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 | Re: Hmmm Yes. The press release was wrong. Verizon reached out with a correction. | |
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Morac
join:2001-08-30
Riverside, NJ
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1 edit | Not a good deal. Considering that I have 12 Mbps/2 Mbps for $33 per month from Comcast with a 2 year contract, that's not a very good deal from Verizon. Especially since I didn't even have to be a new customer to get it.
Verizon has been very heavily advertising DSL in my area. Here's a tip Verizon, why don't you deploy FIOS in my area. Then maybe we'll talk.
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Bit
Premium
join:2009-02-19
00000 | Re: Not a good deal. Except that Verizon provides unlimited use (at least there is zero enforcement), Comcast does not.
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Morac
join:2001-08-30
Riverside, NJ
·Comcast
| Re: Not a good deal. said by Bit :Except that Verizon provides unlimited use (at least there is zero enforcement), Comcast does not. I've never been throttled by Comcast and I've never come close to the 250 GB cap, even when downloading a number of HD movies, so for me it's a non-issue.
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join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
| Re: Not a good deal. said by Morac :said by Bit :Except that Verizon provides unlimited use (at least there is zero enforcement), Comcast does not. I've never been throttled by Comcast and I've never come close to the 250 GB cap, even when downloading a number of HD movies, so for me it's a non-issue. The throttling and the 250GB cap have nothing to do with each other, one is to control peak usage in the afternoon, the other is to control P2Pers/bulk transfer/streaming blu-ray. | |
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Morac
join:2001-08-30
Riverside, NJ
·Comcast
| Re: Not a good deal. said by patcat88 :The throttling and the 250GB cap have nothing to do with each other... I never said they did, I was simply responding to a post saying stating that Comcast has limits and Verizon does not.
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Bit
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join:2009-02-19
00000 | Re: Not a good deal. Very true, if you aren't affected by Comcast traffic management, then they are a good deal. But if you happen to be a user than is, even a dirt cheap $33 price isn't a "deal".
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join:2003-02-28
Lancaster, PA | Re: Not a good deal. This depends, I have Comcast internet with Vonage phone and Directv. What does Verizon charge for the 7 MB internet stand alone service? Comcast, while having higher speeds, charges me around $60 per month. | |
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Bit
Premium
join:2009-02-19
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·Cox HSI
2 edits | Re: Not a good deal. $37.99 plus junk fees for 7Mb dry loop
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And the price is locked in for as long as you have the service.
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New customers who sign a two-year agreement for Verizon's stand-alone, up to 7.1 Mbps/384 Kbps (kilobits per second) HSI service, based on digital subscriber line technology, can lock in a rate of $37.99 per month, which is guaranteed for as long as they keep the service.
They say 384 up in this press release but in my area it is 768 up.
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join:2000-09-16
West Boylston, MA
| I just received $29.99 for 2 years (no TV or phone) thru Charter, this is 5down/1up. I am 18k feet from the CO, Verizon I love your internet but you need to bring me FIOS! Otherwise I am stuck with Charter, yuch, well it might be getting better then they are going bankrupt. | |
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join:2008-04-13
Point Pleasant Beach, NJ | If your happy with it ,keep it | |
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dcdeadbeat
join:2008-10-07
Washington, DC | no thanks but where is FIOS, this is the nation's capital I live in the heart of DC and guess what? No 7.1Mbps down for $37.99 available. The best they do on my block is 5Mbps down for $42.99 month.
Where is my FIOS? This is the nation's capital and I can't get fiber? | |
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whfsdude
Premium
join:2003-04-05
Washington, DC
| Re: no thanks but where is FIOS, this is the nation's capital said by dcdeadbeat :I live in the heart of DC and guess what? No 7.1Mbps down for $37.99 available. The best they do on my block is 5Mbps down for $42.99 month. So many better options. If you can, get RCN. Otherwise, COVAD ADSL2+. | |
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join:2008-10-07
Washington, DC
 ·Covad Communications
| Re: no thanks but where is FIOS, this is the nation's capital said by whfsdude :said by dcdeadbeat :I live in the heart of DC and guess what? No 7.1Mbps down for $37.99 available. The best they do on my block is 5Mbps down for $42.99 month. So many better options. If you can, get RCN. Otherwise, COVAD ADSL2+. If you look at my reviews I did a review of Covad. Not a good choice.
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join:2005-12-24
Washington, DC | Re: no thanks but where is FIOS, this is the nation's capital Not sure where you live, but in my neck of the woods there's Comcast, RCN and, of course, Verizon. Sure, I'd like to have six choices, but three is probably better than what 90% of the country gets. | |
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join:2002-12-04
USA | Re: no thanks but where is FIOS, this is the nation's capital Fios is better than the rest. Oh, I have Comcast, btw. Had Fios... It was better. I hear horror stories about RCN. | |
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join:2005-12-24
Washington, DC
·RCN CABLE
·AT&T Yahoo
| Re: no thanks but where is FIOS, this is the nation's capital Unfortunately, FiOS won't get to my 'hood until long after I've moved, I'm afraid.
I have RCN and haven't had any problems with them. I had Verizon DSL when I lived down in Chinatown, and while it was only 6 Mb compared to the 10 I get with RCN, the service was a lot more stable. I didn't have nearly the speed fluctuations I get with RCN.
I've never had Comcast but have heard enough to make me decide I don't want to chance doing business with them. | |
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dcdeadbeat
join:2008-10-07
Washington, DC
·Covad Communications
| hey what is this 21 States and DC business? I am offended by that subtitle. It should say 22 states. Or maybe 21 states and the future state of Columbia. Karl Bode, you need to be more sensitive and politically correct to the residents of the nation's capital. We already suffer taxation without representation and slow internet speeds (see my other post). | |
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join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA | Re: hey what is this 21 States and DC business? Yes I hope Verizon does better in our nation's capital city but don't get us started on what's wrong with a single city becoming a state, if you want to be part of a state see if you can get Maryland to take D.C. back. | |
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join:2008-10-07
Washington, DC
·Covad Communications
| Re: hey what is this 21 States and DC business? said by Sammer :Yes I hope Verizon does better in our nation's capital city but don't get us started on what's wrong with a single city becoming a state, if you want to be part of a state see if you can get Maryland to take D.C. back. Why is it wrong for 1 million people to have representation so that we can vote on issues of cell phones and broadband?
Maybe Penn should be absorbed and controlled by say New York or Virginia? How does that make you feel?
My point was that residents of the future state of Columbia have just as many concerns about broadband but have no voice and are treated as second class citizens.
Plus it is just rude to say "states" and, oh by the way you other "non-important non-state" D.C. | |
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join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA
| Re: hey what is this 21 States and DC business? said by dcdeadbeat :Maybe Penn should be absorbed and controlled by say New York or Virginia? How does that make you feel? I'd be fine with PA and VA becoming a single large state although I don't know if West Virginia would mind joining us together. | |
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join:2005-12-24
Washington, DC
·RCN CABLE
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| Personally, I don't care if DC becomes a state, is absorbed back into Maryland or if they just stop levying federal taxes on us (DC certainly levies enough on us already!), but the current situation is exactly what started the Boston Tea Party and the American Revolution. That's a pretty ironic situation for the US capital to be in. | |
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join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA
| Re: hey what is this 21 States and DC business? said by puck0114 :Personally, I don't care if DC becomes a state, is absorbed back into Maryland or if they just stop levying federal taxes on us (DC certainly levies enough on us already!), but the current situation is exactly what started the Boston Tea Party and the American Revolution. That's a pretty ironic situation for the US capital to be in. Good point about the federal taxes, Puerto Rico doesn't have representation either but they also don't pay federal taxes. | |
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old_dawg
"I Know Noting..."
join:2001-09-22
Westminster, MD
| said by Sammer :Yes I hope Verizon does better in our nation's capital city but don't get us started on what's wrong with a single city becoming a state, if you want to be part of a state see if you can get Maryland to take D.C. back. NO NO NO, we don't want the district back. The Peoples Republik of Maryland in its desire to emulate Kalifornia is in a deficit thanks to its illegal immigrant "magnet" policy and "Who wants to Tax a Millionaire" policies. We don't need no more stinkin' deadbeats. 
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join:2006-01-04
Silver Spring, MD
| said by dcdeadbeat :I am offended by that subtitle. It should say 22 states. Or maybe 21 states and the future state of Columbia. I hope you're joking...the District of Columbia is not a state, period. | |
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join:2008-10-07
Washington, DC
·Covad Communications
| Re: hey what is this 21 States and DC business? said by massysett :said by dcdeadbeat :I am offended by that subtitle. It should say 22 states. Or maybe 21 states and the future state of Columbia. I hope you're joking...the District of Columbia is not a state, period. No I am not joking. Maybe we should strip away statehood from Maryland and Virginia just to be fair to the people in D.C. that get stuck paying taxes and have no representation in Congress.
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join:2005-12-24
Washington, DC | Re: hey what is this 21 States and DC business? Wyoming has a smaller population than DC, and yet they have two senators and a congressman. Maybe they shouldn't be a state? | |
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Bobcat
Volvo sucks donkey balls
Premium
join:2001-02-04
Bedminster, NJ | Karl, why do you hate Verizon? The upload is 768k, not 384k. And there are no fees. | |
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join:2006-01-10
Buffalo, NY | Re: Karl, why do you hate Verizon? I think many of us have our (good) reasons for disliking Verizon. I know that I do....  | |
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neosolace
Stay In It
join:2003-08-25
Verbena, AL | Where? Dangit, I'd be happy if they'd actually do 768 in my town!  | |
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nixen
Rockin' the Boxen
Premium
join:2002-10-04
Alexandria, VA
·Cox HSI
·Speakeasy
| Increasing 7Mbps coverage?? Funny, part of the reason I dropped DSL, in the first place, was that my 7Mbps connection dropped to 4Mbps. And, yes, it *had* been giving me nearly 7Mbps. They rerouted the loop and my speed dropped by half. Oddly, my bill didn't drop by a similar amount.
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void4ever
join:2000-10-13
Post Falls, ID
| wait what? OK i'm completely confused here, maybe someone can clear this up.
First we get an article about how verizon has just sold off a chunk of biz to Frontier. In my case Idaho was included in that, or at least the article stated it was included.
NOW we get an article about expanding DSL service to 7.1, and guess what state is listed..... IDAHO!?!?!
So my question to those in the know, Has my state been sold off to Frontier or not? I live in Post Falls, ID which is Northern idaho. Right next to Spokane, Wa about 15 minutes away.
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Verizon Expands 7Mbps DSL Availability
