Verizon - How to they stay in business?

SUBMAN1 · 11-02-06, 04:33 PM

I ordered my DSL to be hooked up on the 31st of October back on the 15th of October. and now the are estimating that I will get it by November 14th??? Are they nuts? A full month to hook up my DSL? How can they stay in business???

-S

SmithN23 · 11-02-06, 04:57 PM

I'd say cancel the order and get a cable modem, they are a lot faster, with DSL the farther away you are from one of their repeating staions the slower the signal will be, and if a lot of people have DSL in your neigborhood it will also be slower. With cable it is always the same speed.

August · 11-02-06, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by SmithN23

I'd say cancel the order and get a cable modem, they are a lot faster, with DSL the farther away you are from one of their repeating staions the slower the signal will be, and if a lot of people have DSL in your neigborhood it will also be slower. With cable it is always the same speed.

Actually you have that reversed. DSL is a separate link, broadband is shared.

Sailor Steve · 11-02-06, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by SmithN23

With cable it is always the same speed.

I was told just the opposite; it's with cable that the speed goes down proportionally with each user on the local net. If everybody in your neighborhood is online at the same time you will suffer an amazing loss.

That said, I'd still go with cable.

SUBMAN1 · 11-02-06, 05:19 PM

Yeah - I can live with their speed of 3 mbps/768 k.

You have it backwards by the way - advatages of DSL = guaranteed bandwidth + lower latency (better for online games) than cable. Cable = faster, but it is a shared pipe. Friend of mine is supposed to get 8 mbps on his cable with bursts to 12 mbit per sec, but he tested it last weekend and it is so saturated that he was posting 1.2 mbps!!!

Doesn't matter anyway, since even when it is running at top speed, I still get lower latency which gives me better ping times by at least 10 ms + regardless that my speed is half of his. I have the same up though and I have a guaranteed 768k up at all times.

-S

SmithN23 · 11-02-06, 08:57 PM

my mistake. I still like cable better though, just a personal preference.

August · 11-03-06, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Yeah - I can live with their speed of 3 mbps/768 k.

You have it backwards by the way - advatages of DSL = guaranteed bandwidth + lower latency (better for online games) than cable. Cable = faster, but it is a shared pipe. Friend of mine is supposed to get 8 mbps on his cable with bursts to 12 mbit per sec, but he tested it last weekend and it is so saturated that he was posting 1.2 mbps!!!

Doesn't matter anyway, since even when it is running at top speed, I still get lower latency which gives me better ping times by at least 10 ms + regardless that my speed is half of his. I have the same up though and I have a guaranteed 768k up at all times.

-S

Yeah weekends on broadband can be slow, that and you can usually tell by the slowdown in the afternoon when the kiddies get home from school and all log on nearly at once.

SUBMAN1 · 11-03-06, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Yeah - I can live with their speed of 3 mbps/768 k.

You have it backwards by the way - advatages of DSL = guaranteed bandwidth + lower latency (better for online games) than cable. Cable = faster, but it is a shared pipe. Friend of mine is supposed to get 8 mbps on his cable with bursts to 12 mbit per sec, but he tested it last weekend and it is so saturated that he was posting 1.2 mbps!!!

Doesn't matter anyway, since even when it is running at top speed, I still get lower latency which gives me better ping times by at least 10 ms + regardless that my speed is half of his. I have the same up though and I have a guaranteed 768k up at all times.

-S

Yeah weekends on broadband can be slow, that and you can usually tell by the slowdown in the afternoon when the kiddies get home from school and all log on nearly at once.

Yep - that what my friend thinks too - all the kids get home and clog the pipe! I'll stick with my DSL.

-S

sonar732 · 11-02-06, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

I ordered my DSL to be hooked up on the 31st of October back on the 15th of October. and now the are estimating that I will get it by November 14th??? Are they nuts? A full month to hook up my DSL? How can they stay in business???

-S

Unless your lines are so bad that they have to make them DSL capatable, that shouldn't be the case. If your lines are fine, it's a matter of flippin' a switch almost. Did they give you the 10/15/2006 date as a guarentee? I'd cry wolf and complain with email and FCC.

SmithN23 · 11-02-06, 09:55 PM

to add one thing, I'd milk this for all its worth, call Verizon and tell them that if they do not do something for you and get the line set up tomorrow, you will take you business elsewhere. All of the internet companies are all competing for customers and they will usually will give you an incentive to get your business.

11-02-06, 04:33 PM	#1
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Verizon - How to they stay in business? I ordered my DSL to be hooked up on the 31st of October back on the 15th of October. and now the are estimating that I will get it by November 14th??? Are they nuts? A full month to hook up my DSL? How can they stay in business??? -S __________________

11-02-06, 04:57 PM	#2
SmithN23 Gunner Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 91 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I'd say cancel the order and get a cable modem, they are a lot faster, with DSL the farther away you are from one of their repeating staions the slower the signal will be, and if a lot of people have DSL in your neigborhood it will also be slower. With cable it is always the same speed. __________________ The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. - Edmund Bruke

11-02-06, 05:19 PM	#5
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yeah - I can live with their speed of 3 mbps/768 k. You have it backwards by the way - advatages of DSL = guaranteed bandwidth + lower latency (better for online games) than cable. Cable = faster, but it is a shared pipe. Friend of mine is supposed to get 8 mbps on his cable with bursts to 12 mbit per sec, but he tested it last weekend and it is so saturated that he was posting 1.2 mbps!!! Doesn't matter anyway, since even when it is running at top speed, I still get lower latency which gives me better ping times by at least 10 ms + regardless that my speed is half of his. I have the same up though and I have a guaranteed 768k up at all times. -S __________________

11-02-06, 08:57 PM	#6
SmithN23 Gunner Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 91 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	my mistake. I still like cable better though, just a personal preference. __________________ The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. - Edmund Bruke

11-02-06, 09:55 PM	#10
SmithN23 Gunner Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 91 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	to add one thing, I'd milk this for all its worth, call Verizon and tell them that if they do not do something for you and get the line set up tomorrow, you will take you business elsewhere. All of the internet companies are all competing for customers and they will usually will give you an incentive to get your business. __________________ The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. - Edmund Bruke