JDJewell on Tue, 4 Jan 2000 23:54:44 -0500 (EST)


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Re: [PLUG] Access


Hello Tim.  I can tell you who NOT to go with for a DSL connection, and that would
be voicenet.  You will be met with lies, broken promises, chronic headaches, (and
that's even before you have the service installed at your residence.)  And then
when you start to get pissed because you're being charged month after month and you
STILL do not have ANY service connection and you call week after week, you'll
experience this unique phenomenon at voicenet called "The Sales Specialist shuffle"
, sort of on the same lines as the chinese water torture technique but more
effective.  I've given Bell Atlantic a call few times about there ADSL service.
It's $50. a month and the performance is not that of a DSL, but the upside it takes
3-10 days to setup and its included with phone bill!  Downside they only support
windoze boxes :-(
Hope this helps, Sorry I had to sugar coat my rantings about voicenet, it would of
gotten out of hand otherwise :-)
Jonathan
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Tim Peeler wrote:

> Ok, hopefully this won't spawn a flame war...
>
> In a couple of months my current ISP contract will be up and I've been wanting
> to get a high speed access provider (xDSL, Cable, ISDN).  I'm looking all over
> the place and so far haven't found much interesting.   The prospects of me
> getting DSL doesn't look very good, several places have already said they can't
> provide DSL to me.  Another thing that I'm concerned with is that I may be
> moving in about 3-4 months and I don't want to have to pay for a new
> installation, so that limits me to more-or-less cable.  I like to pay a year in
> advance for access, but with the uncertainty of the status of my residence, I
> don't know that I'll be doing that.
>
> I'm looking for some thoughts on the different routes I could go with this,
> pros/cons etc.  If anyone has any insight, particularly if anyone's had any
> experiences (good) with high-speed services in Springfield/Drexel Hill are.
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
>
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