[wplug] cheap DSL in Pittsburgh?

Zachary Uram netrek at gmail.com
Thu Jan 20 11:21:46 EST 2005


On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 11:11:20 -0500, Carl Benedict > IMHO, companies
like Verizon will always be able to offer the most
> bandwidth for your buck because they are an ILEC.  Other smaller
> Internet providers will have to buy their backbone from Verizon or
> someone who is their competition.

Hi Carl,

What is an ILEC?

> I live in the North Hills and I have Nauticom.  At 3mb down and 512Kb
> out, it costs something like $40/month.  It's not too bad.  In the last
> few months, I heard the Verizon will be offering fiber to the home
> service at 30Mb down 3Mb up for around $50.  I don't know if that is
> true (I can't get Verizon here), but if it is, sign me up! :D

That is fiber optic connection? Wow!

Zach


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