On the plus side, as a consolation prize I get to pay Verizon MORE
money for 1.5M/400K DSL (because I have to pay for a phone line,
though thankfully I don't actually have to plug a phone into it) that
took them a week from the time that they first called to tell me it
was activated and I was getting billed (thanks, I needed to relearn
how to use a phone book to get around town). I was worried what I
would do with the extra income I'm getting from my new job, but
Verizon was kind enough to step up to the plate and help a customer
out with that.
But, wait, there's more. You might think that's an awesome deal as it
is, but the DSL connection comes equipped with a built-in enforced
breaks feature which forces me to get up from time to time and read a
book, which is a neat feature though I think I'm going to request they
add the option to choose what time the DSL goes out so it's not right
when I really need it
Even better, the package bundle comes with a router that needs to be
power cycled from time to time to regain the DSL connection and/or the
wireless connection. I don't know about you, but I love my job so much
that I want to keep troubleshooting network issues when I get home!
From this perspective, Verizon gets a big thumbs up from me.
:-/
Simón
P.S. Wow, I could have just said "don't get me started on Verizon" and
saved a lot of your time...
On 5/22/07, Michael Schultheiss <schultmc@cinlug.org> wrote:
> Nope. I have some friends and family with Verizon FiOS and I think
> their current max speed is 30 Mbps down and 5 Mbps up.
--
-Simón A. Ruiz
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