For current information on DSL service to a given area, as well as
ratings of service providers, go to:
www.dslreports.com
Enter your zip code, and you can see a list of full options for both
business and residential, including prices. Other areas of the site, as
mentioned, list providers with service ratings and comments from satisfied
and dissatisfied customers. If you order through DSLReports, they assign
a customer service person to you who also follows up on order processing
with the ISP and provider.
FWIW, I've recently gotten DSL from Speakeasy (through Covad) and am
very happy - main problems were delays from Verizon getting the loop set
up correctly. This was after totally horrible experiences trying to set
up DSL with Verizon, who took my order and simply never processed it,
among other things, then 2 months (and several phone calls) later,
informed me that they were no longer adding accounts to my service area
and would "let me know" when it becomes available.
Jan Jackson
On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Elaine -HFB- Ashton wrote:
> Kee Hinckley [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] quoth:
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> *>At 4:11 PM -0500 1/26/01, Paul Rogers [CE] wrote:
> *>>Is Verizon DSL the only game in town now?
> *>>
> *>>Seems like they are the only carrier left providing DSL service. I have
> *>>several clients who have been left out in the cold with recent DSL shutdowns
> *>>or bankruptcies. The only reasonable alternative for those without access
> *>
> *>When HarvardNet bailed out I switched to SpeakEasy. No problems so
> *>far. Just don't ever try to call them on the phone. Also their news
> *>server is ridiculously overloaded. I was getting about 7kbs on it
> *>compared to 80-120kbs on MediaOne.
>
> Could I beg someone to compile this collective wisdom into either a text
> file or .html and send it to me for the pm web page? Please? Please? It
> seems to be a rather regular discussion and it would be nice to have
> something to point to instead of working off of memory.
>
> I can't promise fame or fortune, but will my gratitude and a beer do?
>
> e.
>
