bpetersxx
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sorry I was away so long
got verizon DSL today
Took 4 hours to get it set up
got verizon DSL today
Took 4 hours to get it set up
DSL
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it has to be a better deal than this cable-modem of mine!
I've had Verizon DSL now for about 4 years, and have absloutely loved it! Rock-solid reliable! A lot of people around here have had big-time problems with the cable-internet not working, or working poorly. I cannot even tell you how good the tech support is with Verizon...because I've never needed it 
Not a bad problem to have really! Hope you enjoy your connection as much as I have enjoyed mine!
Not a bad problem to have really! Hope you enjoy your connection as much as I have enjoyed mine!
bpetersxx
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they had it on at 3:00am 4-18-2006 but didnot set it up until 6:00pm 4-18-2006
Burpalator
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I also have Verizon DSL. I previously had Comcast high-speed for about $13 more per month. It downloaded slightly faster but it went out often and since my telephone is Vonage VoIP, this was not good. I have never had a problem with Verizon DSL. I have the $29.95 plan. A friend has the $14.95 plan and the only difference I can really see is his is slightly slower downloading. It kills me that AOL loyalists will pay $23.90 monthly for dial-up. If you just HAVE to have AOL, AOL has a "bring your own access" plan for a lower monthly fee. I believe that combined with a $14.95 DSL plan is about $25 a month.
If you use MCI's Neighborhood for your local phone, you can add DSL for $19.95 a month. Cavalier Telephone (www.cavtel.com) is a local phone service alternative to certain areas in the Mid-Atlantic region with great prices and $25 for DSL.
I not touting any one company over another. I just think it's crazy to pay AOL's dial-up price when there are a number of just-as-affordable high-speed alternatives. And don't even get me started on Comcast: Monthly charges of $39.95 for internet, $3.00 for the required modem and that's only if you have an overpriced cable TV subscription with them. If not, the monthly fee for internet increases by about $15.
If you use MCI's Neighborhood for your local phone, you can add DSL for $19.95 a month. Cavalier Telephone (www.cavtel.com) is a local phone service alternative to certain areas in the Mid-Atlantic region with great prices and $25 for DSL.
I not touting any one company over another. I just think it's crazy to pay AOL's dial-up price when there are a number of just-as-affordable high-speed alternatives. And don't even get me started on Comcast: Monthly charges of $39.95 for internet, $3.00 for the required modem and that's only if you have an overpriced cable TV subscription with them. If not, the monthly fee for internet increases by about $15.
Verizon has almost completed wiring our neighborhood with fiber-optic cable. No more DSL filters on the phone lines and fiber optic TV in the future. The introductory rate is $5 a month less than I am paying for DSL so they are coming to install it 4/28. My DSL modem and stuff was just mailed to me back in 2001. This is suppposed to take up to 4 hours with small holes dug at the base of the pole and at the foundation of mi casa. Some kind of robotic mole will tunnel through the soil under the azaleas to bring the FO cable to my house. Special shielded cable will have to be run to my computer; the old phone line won't do. The one thing I don't like is that this connections means that there has to be a power supply to make the cable work. They say that they have a 4 hour back up battery in the connection box in case of power failures, so in extended power failures, the cell phone will be my link to the rest of the world. Anybody have any experience with this new fangled connection?
jasonl
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Here in the middle of Boondocks, Opelousas there's no cable or DSL. There is satellite but if you download too much at a time, you get fapped, meaning, they cut your bandwidth down to dialup. Meanies.
Here in the middle of Boondocks, Opelousas there's no cable or DSL. There is satellite but if you download too much at a time, you get fapped, meaning, they cut your bandwidth down to dialup. Meanies.
but if you download too much at a time, you get fapped, meaning, they cut your bandwidth down to dialup.
HA! They do the same thing with my $40 a month cable modem. (What can I say, the ex insisted. Sometimes "Yes dear", is the easiest and best way to go).
HA! They do the same thing with my $40 a month cable modem. (What can I say, the ex insisted. Sometimes "Yes dear", is the easiest and best way to go).
rayjay
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DSL/CABLE MODEM
Steve, I work in Information Services with a bunch of techies. Before I got my hookup at home, they stressed to me that Cable Modem is MUCH,MUCH faster than DSL especially when downloading files. You may get a better deal with DSL, but according to our experts, ( and they really know what they are doing). Cable Modem is the way to go.
Steve, I work in Information Services with a bunch of techies. Before I got my hookup at home, they stressed to me that Cable Modem is MUCH,MUCH faster than DSL especially when downloading files. You may get a better deal with DSL, but according to our experts, ( and they really know what they are doing). Cable Modem is the way to go.
but here is the point of my statement:
cable-modems are ordinarily faster, but during high-peak times and/or if you download too much at a time, you get fapped, meaning, they cut your bandwidth down to (near) dialup speed.
IIRC DSL lines stay at a moderate speed at ALL times.
Isn't the average of super-fast (on cable) and super-slow (on cable) a moderate speed anyway?
cable-modems are ordinarily faster, but during high-peak times and/or if you download too much at a time, you get fapped, meaning, they cut your bandwidth down to (near) dialup speed.
IIRC DSL lines stay at a moderate speed at ALL times.
Isn't the average of super-fast (on cable) and super-slow (on cable) a moderate speed anyway?
Burpalator
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Cable vs. DSL
I started with Verizon DSL (back when it was still Bell Atlantic), switched to Comcast cable high speed, and then went back to Verizon DSL. For my use, the huge increase in monthly cost of cable internet is not justified for the slightly faster downloading ability.
I started with Verizon DSL (back when it was still Bell Atlantic), switched to Comcast cable high speed, and then went back to Verizon DSL. For my use, the huge increase in monthly cost of cable internet is not justified for the slightly faster downloading ability.
jasonl
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Before you buy, check the FAP
FAP is short for Fair Access Policy. If your provider has it, radio listeners/mp3 downloaders beware!
My only choice is satellite and the most reasonable one with the least restrictive FAP is Starband and Wildblue. DirectWay is horrible. You get fapped just for picking your nose.
FAP is short for Fair Access Policy. If your provider has it, radio listeners/mp3 downloaders beware!
My only choice is satellite and the most reasonable one with the least restrictive FAP is Starband and Wildblue. DirectWay is horrible. You get fapped just for picking your nose.
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But Jason, picking your nose doesn't use bandwidth, unless you post the videos on your web site!
Re. "FAP." Fair, my left buttock! The ability of these corporations' marketing departments to come up with oxymoronic euphemisms never fails to amaze me.
Meanwhile, I use SBC (now AT&T California) DSL. Works OK. No complaints.
Re. phone service via fiber optic (as well as Vonage etc.): IMHO, with 20+ years in the telephone systems industry, "local battery" residential telephones are a step back by about 90 years. For office phone systems, fine, you need the AC mains to run the PBX unit. But for residential phones, power should come from the central office, period. No on-site batteries, no "you have four hours to use the phone" (after which the home-invasion robbers come to town and you're screwed). And none of this "sorry, can't dial 911" BS, which by the way has killed people.
The idea that people in the 21st century would have to put up with anything less than 100% uptime for a basic telephone is absurd, obscene, unnecessary, and makes my blood boil.
Re. "FAP." Fair, my left buttock! The ability of these corporations' marketing departments to come up with oxymoronic euphemisms never fails to amaze me.
Meanwhile, I use SBC (now AT&T California) DSL. Works OK. No complaints.
Re. phone service via fiber optic (as well as Vonage etc.): IMHO, with 20+ years in the telephone systems industry, "local battery" residential telephones are a step back by about 90 years. For office phone systems, fine, you need the AC mains to run the PBX unit. But for residential phones, power should come from the central office, period. No on-site batteries, no "you have four hours to use the phone" (after which the home-invasion robbers come to town and you're screwed). And none of this "sorry, can't dial 911" BS, which by the way has killed people.
The idea that people in the 21st century would have to put up with anything less than 100% uptime for a basic telephone is absurd, obscene, unnecessary, and makes my blood boil.
rayjay
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FAP
Steve, Checked with the techies. FAP is Fair Access Policy and is used with satellite, not cable companies. They still say to stick with the cable modem. Some of my co-workers also down load a lot and they said they never noticed an unusual slowness. Maybe you can check with your cable company. We have Comcast here.
Steve, Checked with the techies. FAP is Fair Access Policy and is used with satellite, not cable companies. They still say to stick with the cable modem. Some of my co-workers also down load a lot and they said they never noticed an unusual slowness. Maybe you can check with your cable company. We have Comcast here.
Burpalator
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VoIP, etc.
I got Vonage when I still had Comcast high speed. The inconsistent reliability of their internet service affected not only my phone service but my ability to surf at my leisure. So I dropped Comcast, got a $6 per month Verizon land line and added DSL. My Vonage service now never fails, it costs $27.20 per month (taxes included) with unlimited long distance and I have the land line for back-up and 911, if needed. As I mentioned previously, the Comcast cable download speed was marginally faster, but not enough to justify the much higher monthly cost. The total monthly bill for all of it is about $70.
I got Vonage when I still had Comcast high speed. The inconsistent reliability of their internet service affected not only my phone service but my ability to surf at my leisure. So I dropped Comcast, got a $6 per month Verizon land line and added DSL. My Vonage service now never fails, it costs $27.20 per month (taxes included) with unlimited long distance and I have the land line for back-up and 911, if needed. As I mentioned previously, the Comcast cable download speed was marginally faster, but not enough to justify the much higher monthly cost. The total monthly bill for all of it is about $70.
jasonl
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Sometimes cable isn't reliable. When it works, it works great, when it doesn't, oh well. DSL seems to be more stable.
