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tkc
Citizen
Username: Tkc
Post Number: 3
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, March 4, 2004 - 11:46 am: |     |
I am thinking of getting a DSL service through one of our phone lines. We don't have cable or satelite TV and don't intend to in the near future. Is Verizon DSL service OK in the area ? |
magmasystems
Citizen
Username: Magmasystems
Post Number: 219
Registered: 1-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, March 4, 2004 - 12:03 pm: | |
Hi,
I set up a lot of home-networking for people in the area, and many of them have Verizon DSL as their link to the Internet.
I have generally been satisfied from what I have seen out of Verizon. Their tech support seems to be top-notch.
Marc
www.millburnweb.com |
tmb
Citizen
Username: Tmb
Post Number: 11
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, March 4, 2004 - 12:07 pm: | |
I agree with magmasystems. We've had Verizon's DSL for about 6 months now and it's been great. |
gj1
Citizen
Username: Gj1
Post Number: 19
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, March 4, 2004 - 12:09 pm: | |
I've had DSL with Verizon for 3 years, in both Brooklyn and Maplewood, and have never had a problem. |
Sylad
Citizen
Username: Sylad
Post Number: 394
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, March 4, 2004 - 12:42 pm: | |
Verizon DSL is great. If pick another provider they are reselling Verizon or just leasing the line from the central office to your house cause they are not going to run a line (the last mile) to your house. This situtation sometimes becomes a problem when you have a service issues, finger pointing between the provider and Verizon.
I say go with VZ, they offer bundle packages that give discounts when you add new services to existing accounts and single bill/invoice. |
Dave
Citizen
Username: Dave
Post Number: 6513
Registered: 4-1998
| | Posted on Thursday, March 4, 2004 - 1:05 pm: | |
http://www.speakeasy.net has better support and a wider range of services. |
kevin
Citizen
Username: Kevin
Post Number: 215
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, March 4, 2004 - 1:27 pm: | |
I second Speakeasy.
I was originally going to go with Verizon and they said that there were problems with the wires that were going to my place and they could not provide any type of DSL service.
I then called Speakeasy and they said no problem. Verizon actually had to come out to do their part of provisioning the Speakeasy circuit.
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wnb
Citizen
Username: Wnb
Post Number: 96
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, March 4, 2004 - 9:34 pm: | |
We got ours through the MCI "Neighborhood" program where we pay a single flat rate of $85 a month for unlimited everything (local, toll, LD, DSL). After taxes and surcharges that get stacked on top of any telecom transaction, you're paying about $100 a month out of pocket.
I have been quite surprised to call tech support twice and gotten right through to someone who was actually a technician, who actually could talk turkey with me about diagnosing network / DHCP issues and even helped me with my home network routing when it's clearly out of the scope of what they would be responsible for.
We are now completely and quite happily Verizon-free...
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Zeno
Citizen
Username: Eratosthenes
Post Number: 47
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Friday, March 5, 2004 - 6:59 am: | |
What upload speeds do Verizon, MCI, Speakeasy offer in this area? I've preferred cable because they don't distinguish upload and download speeds, but I'm tired of Comcast bumping up their prices every month. I've already dumped the TV and am almost ready to bail on cable broadband. |
tjohn
Citizen
Username: Tjohn
Post Number: 2321
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 5, 2004 - 7:09 am: | |
My Verizon DSL delivers about 600 mb down/100 mb up speeds (actual). |
sac
Citizen
Username: Sac
Post Number: 995
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 5, 2004 - 7:13 am: | |
Check the Speakeasy website. (http://www.speakeasy.net/) They have different plans with different speed (and other) options. Recently they increased (doubled, I think) the speed on my plan with no price increase. |
Dave
Citizen
Username: Dave
Post Number: 6527
Registered: 4-1998
| | Posted on Friday, March 5, 2004 - 8:24 am: | |
Depending on how frar from CO you are, Speakeasy speeds are from 1.5 to 3mb download and 256 to 768 uploads. |
wnb
Citizen
Username: Wnb
Post Number: 99
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 5, 2004 - 8:43 am: | |
For me, fast enough that I don't notice and don't care. |
Zeno
Citizen
Username: Eratosthenes
Post Number: 48
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Friday, March 5, 2004 - 9:08 am: | |
Thanks for the info. I suspect most people are Web browsing so most traffic is downlink. Let's put it this way: any experience with video-conferencing e.g. via Netmeeting over DSL?
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Brett
Citizen
Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 805
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Friday, March 5, 2004 - 10:37 am: | |
I have done a few meeting over DSL and have not had and issue, although I couldn’t do it over a wireless network. |
Zeno
Citizen
Username: Eratosthenes
Post Number: 63
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Friday, March 12, 2004 - 9:36 am: | |
Here is an interesting link on this topic:
www.broadbandreports.com |
Alicia Vance
Citizen
Username: Avance
Post Number: 4
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 11:06 pm: | |
Speakeasy. Verizon's customer service is awful. |
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