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Re: Choice of ISP



 On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 07:37:43PM -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote: 
> On Sat, 2008-05-17 at 16:03 -0400, Ruben Safir wrote: 
> > On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 03:16:56PM -0400, Bruce Borland wrote: 
> > > Kent Borg wrote: 
> > > 
> > > >P.S. Be careful about complaining to Verizon about anything, they will 
> > > >use your complaint to retire and write off yet another perfectly good 
> > > >copper pair. They want everyone onto Fios. Too many complaints and you 
> > > >might run out of copper on your street, and not be able to get DSL 
> > > >ever again. A few weeks ago I had perfectly good DSL and no 
> > > >dialtone...and another pair got snipped. 
> > > > 
> > > I used to have Verizon DSL but have switched to FiOS.  What is the 
> > > advantage of DSL over FiOS? 
> > > 
> > 
> > DSL doesn't NEED Verizon...for one thing. 
> 
> But otherwise, FiOS kicks DSL's ass all over the place. I could care 
> less if it means I have to deal with Verizon. 


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