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Dear Hopeless Nerd,<br>
<br>
I sure hope verizon will provide better service here than my daughter
received in VA. (Yes, <strike>nerdeness</strike> tech savvy is
hereditary) To shorten the long saga, installation did not go well (4
days off work), she gave up on the internet connection after 3 months
and now is shopping for cable. Tech support is dismal/nonexistent. On
the other hand the phone does work. Of course, being a workaholic
she's never at home to answer it. Most of her friends gave up during
installation.<br>
<br>
I understand the internet was like the girl with the curl in the middle
of her forehead - "When she was good she was vary vary good, But when
she was bad she was horrid! My daughter got tired of paying for what
she wasn't getting and verizon agreed they couldn't provide reliable
service. Really sad.<br>
<br>
On the other hand I get DSL from my ISP. I let them deal with verizon
(who of course owns all the wires). The difference is that their
verizon bill is MUCH bigger than mine; When they speak someone listens.
They can also test the connection towards me and tell verizon where the
signal stops.<br>
<br>
There is no reason to call people names Roland. They will turn the
monitor button on if you can't be nice!<br>
<br>
another HN<br>
<br>
Roland Walker wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Last year, the town granted a cable television franchise to Verizon,
in anticipation of Verizon bringing their FIOS fiber-optic service to
our area. FIOS can carry internet, voice, and video. See
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www22.verizon.com/Content/ConsumerFiOS">http://www22.verizon.com/Content/ConsumerFiOS</a>
I drove throughout town today, checking for where the fiber optic
lines were installed (a neighbor showed me how to identify them).
Definitely more than half of the streets have been cabled -- probably
up to 75%.
I believe there are some other hopeless nerds in town who, like me,
think that this is momentous news.
Note to the nerds: sending this to the list allows us all to pretend
that I don't already know *exactly* who you are.
R
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