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Kent Borg wrote: > Bruce Borland wrote: >> I used to have Verizon DSL but have switched to FiOS. What is the >> advantage of DSL over FiOS? > > Other than being slower than Fios advertisments, it isn't Verizon. > >>From what I have read when Verizon puts in Fios they yank all the copper > and will never again put copper into your house. (They have already > depreciated the decades-old copper; the fiber is new investment. They > prefer the regulatory environment of the new.) Once you lose your copper > you are stuck: Verizon or cable. > > For an ISP I don't like phone companies and cable companies. At best > they are clue-impaired, and from there they range all the way to evil. > > I, on the other hand, have copper and so still have some options: DSL. I > can buy from someone who not only doesn't block any ports, but who also > knows what ports are. Verizon doesn't like my having this choice and > would like to cut them all off, but that hasn't happened yet.
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