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  • From: "G.Wolfe Woodbury" <ggw AT wolves.durham.nc.us>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Verizon DSL
  • Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 14:09:58 -0500

On Mon, Jan 02, 2006 at 11:07:28PM -0500, 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.

FWIW There are rumours that VOL *will* do dry DSL (w/o dial tone) but
its service area is limited and I don't know if NC has the appropriate
tarrif. They will *not* install a copper pair just for residential DSL.

Check http://www.dslreports.com for lots of information.

--
G.Wolfe Woodbury `- -'
RHCT U
The Line Eater is a boojum!




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