DSL subscribers may be forced to switch DSL services

[Jarod Wilson]

On Aug 20, 2007, at 18:23, Tom Metro wrote:

> John Chambers wrote:
>> Tom Metro writes:
>>> It's stuff like this that makes me reluctant to switch my cable TV
>>> service to Verizon, even it it ends up being cheaper and better.
>> To get service from Verizon comparable to what speakeasy gives for  
>> $60/month  (fixed  IP, permission to run servers), Verizon's  
>> lowest price was $200/month for "business" service.
>
> I've looked into the FIOS business data offerings on several  
> occasions and have always found the entry-level offering with  
> static IP to be priced at about $100. See my prior posts:
>
> http://www.nabble.com/Verizon-Fios-tf4188406.html#a11910436
> http://www.nabble.com/FIOS-tf4189891.html#a11914692
>
> If this has changed, can you cite a page with prices?

For the record, I pay $99.95/mo for 20Mbps down, 5Mbps up and 5  
static IP addresses on FiOS.

> Comcast, RCN, and FIOS all offer "business" connectivity with the  
> option of a static IP. They're all overpriced (compared to static  
> IP DSL), and as I've mentioned on the list before, despite offering  
> static IPs, some still prohibit running servers. This was true of  
> RCS when I checked with them several years ago. I don't know about  
> Comcast's business offering - they dragged their feet in rolling it  
> out for so long that I lost interest. And as I noted in the posting  
> I linked to above, FIOS blocks ports on their business service with  
> dynamic IP, but claims they don't if you opt for a static IP  
> (though they never produced a terms-of-service agreement stating  
> that).

They don't block anything on my pipe.

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