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[Paul Cory <pwcory AT mindspring.com>]

I already have the phone line, so whatever high speed Internet service 
I get is on top of that. I'd go completely mobile, but the landline has 
proven to be extremely reliable, which is important when I have to 
update the Wake Schools Website from home during a power outage, such 
as the ice storm a few years ago.

Given that the landline is a sunk cost for now, I can get the 3Mbs 
service from Verizon for $15 a month cheaper than Earthlink/TWC. If I'm 
willing to throttle down to 768 Kb, I can save $30 a month.

So far, the feedback has been all positive on the reliability side, so 
I'm going to discuss it further with the wife and probably order by the 
end of the week.

Paul

On Jan 2, 2006, at 11:07 PM, Lyman Green wrote:

> FWIW, I had Bellsouth DSL while in Chatham County, and I had rock 
> solid 3Mbs service.  I didn't keep the service in Morrisville due to 
> BellSouth's horrible pricing scheme and unpleasant billing practices, 
> but the technical side of the service worked fine.  I have not yet 
> seen a DSL service that ends up being cheaper than Cable Modem.  Does 
> Verizon DSL have a similar billing policy as BellSouth's that says you 
> cannot have a DSL line without an associated phone line?  The cheapest 
> phone line Bellsouth would sell me was still 23 or 24 dollars a month 
> and when you threw that on top of the DSL price it was more by far 
> than TimeWarner's cable service.  AND TWC is faster.
>  
> Caveat: I don't use a landline and haven't for some years now.  I only 
> got one from BS because of that asinine billing policy.  And they 
> tried to get me to keep the service in the end by offering me a month 
> or two's free service.  I laughed.
>  
>  
>  
> Lyman
>  
>  
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: DonBartholf AT aol.com
> > To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 8:12 PM
> > Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Verizon DSL
> >
> > As a general aside, I thought it was best to get your DSL from the 
> > folks who own the switches and wires feeding your home. BellSouth 
> > rules in my area and has always provided the best speeds. Others I 
> > tried  apparently bought some huge service package from BellSouth and 
> > resold a smaller package to me. These other providers either didn't 
> > buy or weren't offered the top speeds.
> >  
> > Don B
> >
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