[Novalug] FIOS vs DSL questin
Bryan Seitz
seitz@bsd-unix.net
Sat Jul 4 00:25:47 EDT 2009
Honestly if you have DSL and can get FIOS... your inner geek has been blinded ;) I too have heard
they are trying to push people away from the older copper infrastructure, by force if necessary :(
On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 12:12:44AM -0400, JRR wrote:
> That's why good techs put cable markers on ALL of the cables.
>
> Barnett Hsu wrote:
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> Ed James wrote:
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> He believes Verizon is choking down DSL to "encourage" people to
> switch to FIOS. Has anyone else seen or heard about an similar
> experiences? This was news to me, and a concern, since FIOS is
> due to rollout in my neighborhood this year.
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>
> I do not have FIOS or DSL, but I do know somebody in
> Sterling that has DSL.
>
> Ever since FIOS was rolled out in their neighborhood,
> there has been at least two instances where they lost
> DSL and POTS landline phone service.
>
> When they rolled out FIOS, Verizon put the FIOS
> service box in their backyard. So whenever somebody
> on the street orders FIOS, Verizon goes to their backyard
> to hook up the service.
>
> Unfortunately, in the two instances they lost service,
> Verizon cut the wrong copper cable, and thus they lost
> DSL and POTS service. And then they wait a few days
> while Verizon runs new copper cable to give them their
> DSL and POTS landline phone service back.
>
> - --
> Barnett Hsu
> bhsu@acm.org
> http://www.systemarchive.com/
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