All I can say is thank <insert idol> that I called the local cable co when my DSL
modem died. Not only 3x the speed & 1000% less hassle, it's locally supported & they
are aggressively expanding/upgrading. I told 'em I do 100-150GB/mo vs. their (now
dated & not applicable) TOS stated 20GB and they said OK @ $45/mo now, maybe $70/mo
down the road if I average more towards 150GB+. The head tech came out & did my
install while chatting up all the upgrades they are doing.
Frak Verizon, frak India tech support, frak morons who can't diagnose basic dead
hardware!
Scott Sipe wrote:
FWIW, a warehouse location of our office has DSL+pots from Embarq
(formerly Sprint). The voice is frequently scratchy/humming, sometimes
has no dial tone, and sometimes rings busy even when it's not--all these
problems exacerbated by rain definitely. The DSL part of the line seems
rock solid though...very weird.
A tech on their phone support line once told me that it's not unusual
for DSL service to be fine while phone service is non-functional.
At my house I'm irritated because Verizon just packed up and left my
area--sold all their phone lines and the whole market to Frontier
Communications. Guess I shouldn't hope for FIOS any time soon, or even
AT&T Uverse. My options are cable modem or max 1mbps down DSL. Bleh.
Scott
