[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.
> 
> 
>     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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