On Wed, Nov 27, 2002, Alan Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Greetings Listers - > >Apologies for the off-topic posting but DSL service has been tossed >around before >so.....I thought it wouldn't hurt just one more time. > >Finally Verizon decided they are ready to offer DSL in our town. >Their deal, at $39.95/month with free modem provided is not too bad and >about the same >cost as what I am forking over to Earthlink and second phone line. >What I suspect will happen is after they reel in everybody the rate will >be jacked up. >But on the other hand, Earthlink has been raising their rates also... > >They offer a 4-port router for around $80 (LinkSys) but I think I can do >better. >Also offered is a $150 device, which is a modem that allows the phone >jacks in the house >to be used as data ports. > >Anyhoo, not to get overwinded, if you have any Verizon horror stories I >would appreciate it. >Luckily I have a friend down the street who has a Mac with DSL >connection - if I run into any hiccups. > >Thanks and lots of stuffings, > >Alan >S900 - maybe finally I can make use of that 10-baseT port ! > I currently have Verizon DSL and have had it for over a year. It still costs $39.99 per month. The speeds that I get are about 480k on average, sometime i get ~640k. Generally the service is pretty reliable.
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