[geeks] Why I hate Verizon Online

[Phil Stracchino]

David Muran-de Assereto wrote:
> On Dec 5, 2006, at 4:51 PM, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> <snip>
>> Huh.  I didn't look for business cable offerings.  6 down 2 up, at a
>> decent price, is worth investigating if there's static IP offered.
> <snip>
> 
> Yeah, I found it by accident. My consumer connection went down, and  
> when I called to find out how long it wold be down, they told me 2-3  
> days. When I asked about alternatives, they told me that I could get  
> business class service, but that it was "expensive". I was paying $49  
> for consumer grade, and the business connection costs me $89 base for  
> 6/2 connection with 2 IPs and 4 hour service guarantee, which is the  
> most important part for me.

It appears the best business connection Comcast is offering in these
here parts is 8/1, and they're not offering it in this zip code yet.  It
may be available after they complete their acquisition of Adelphia.

(Then again, it may not.)

> they host reverse DNS lookups, and I can run as  
> many servers as I want as long as I don't spam.

Nice.



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