I have the lowest DSL service verizon offers and don't have any trouble.
I was going to switch to a higher service for netflix streaming but
don't want to be paying for false bandwidth.
Scott
On Wed, 2008-12-10 at 04:45 -0500, Pete Theisen wrote:
> Hi Everybody!
>
> So today, after a month I *finally* got to speak to a verizon tech. He
> checked my equipment and found that I had full speed service, and that
> is my problem.
>
> Verizon doesn't have enough backbone access to service everyone they
> have sold service to so they randomly disconnect the top and middle tier
> users to save bandwidth. Saves them a bundle which shows up as
> management salaries and perks. Works for the guys at the top.
>
> He said if I cut my service to low tier, about 767 or thereabouts, I
> would not notice the speed difference and they don't disconnect the
> little guys so on average I would have *more* access.
>
> Thoughts? Comments? So any of you use the low speed verizon?
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