> My bet (and hope), is that if we have another nameplate change, it will be a > healthy regional baby bell, who understands rural markets, and who is > technically savvy and well managed.
That was supposed to be FairPoint, or so the supporters of the sale maintained. ;-) Well, if the PUCs have learned anything from this fiasco, they must do better with do diligence, and stop listening to marketing folks. Gerry On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Ben Scott <dragonh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 8:44 PM, Gerry Hull <ge...@telosity.com> wrote: > > Do you guys know that Fairpoint does not offer an SLA on > > Business DSL? Not in NH, Not ever. Can you imagine that? > > I'm honestly more surprised by the alternative. I've rarely seen a > mass market high-speed Internet connection (DSL, cable, etc.) that had > an SLA that was worth a damn. > > Comcast's SLA basically says that *if* they confirm > "unavailability", they will rebate *prorated*. So if the line falls > off the poll on Monday, the guy with the truck finally makes it on > Wednesday, and has it fixed on Thursday, I get maybe $2 or $4 off. > > If trip to Google is 150 ms RTT and 15% packet loss, I get nothing. > > > My bet (and hope), is that if we have another nameplate change, it will > be a > > healthy regional baby bell, who understands rural markets, and who is > > technically savvy and well managed. > > That was supposed to be FairPoint, or so the supporters of the sale > maintained. ;-) > > -- Ben > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ >
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