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Re: [PLUG] dyndns + speakeasy
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Mike wrote:
> On Monday, 28 February, 2005 12:44 PM LeRoy D. Cressy wrote:
>
>>If I remember right the original question was considering a change
>>from one dsl service to another. When Telocity went bust and I was
>>forced to switch I could not use the same phone line because of
>>some Verizon problems and they were not willing to switch from one
>>to
>>another. I don't know how the situation is today, but Verizon
>>might not be willing to allow you to switch ISP's.
>
> How can they prevent you (one) from switching ISPs? I'm with
> Verizon for local service and DSL at the minute, and the Cavalier
> price quoted was attractive to me too.
>
> More generally, who actually runs the "last mile" in Philly -- the
> wire to my house? I had thought it was Verizon and hence I'd have
> to have at least their very basic budget phone service in order to
> have DSL with anyone, but Cavalier claim to offer local phone
> service too, so how does that work?
Verizon owns the last mile for the most part when discussing DSL in
Philadelphia.
I believe that the problem is switching DSL providers for a Verizon
provisioned DSL line. For example, I have Cavalier (local/LD/DSL)
over a Verizon loop. There are 2 loops that come into my house. If I
wanted to switch from Cavalier to SpeakEasy, I would have to either
get the 1st line unprovisioned and go through ordering and
reprovisioning (elapsed time: WEEKS to MONTHS, without service) or
get the 2nd line provisioned (elapsed time: DAYS to WEEKS).
Another problem is when you're in an area where all available loops
are allocated and there is no plan to expand.
Cavalier has given me zero issues, but this thread has reminded me
that I need to shop around, because they changed their plans and I'm
on a higher priced plan (needlessly).
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