[wplug] Verizon DSL service downgrade

[Ben Beige]

Also, from my experince working for an ISP, speeds are also on net
only once you leave theior netowrk therte are definatlly no gaurnetees

On 6/11/06, Daniel McQuay <simplebob at gmail.com> wrote:
> so we've been verizowned?
>
>
> On 6/11/06, Bill Moran <wmoran at potentialtech.com> wrote:
> > Mike Sussman <msussman at na-net.ornl.gov> wrote:
> >
> > > Wpluggers, I wonder if anyone else has observed this downgrade.
> > >
> > > I have been a Verizon DSL customer for several years, always with the
> > > consumer-grade service (max download about 768KB/sec).  I have never
> > > observed download speeds greater than about 250KB/sec, but I
> > > consistently used to see speeds of about 175 doing my Ubuntu system
> > > upgrades.
> > >
> > > Recently, my service agreement expired and I took advantage of the
> > > reduced price for the "same" level of service.  (The salesperson told me
> > > that I could either get the higher level of service for the $30/month I
> > > had been paying or get the same level of service for $15/month.  I chose
> > > the cheaper alternative.)  Within days of that telephone call, my Ubuntu
> > > system upbrades dropped to about 95KB/sec.  About half the speed.
> > >
> > > So it seems that Verizon deliberately downgraded my service when it
> > > reduced my price, despite its advertisement.
> > >
> > > Has anyone else had experience with the new Verizon pricing structure?
> >
> > I've seen multiple instances of Verizon's deceptive sales tactics for
> > several years.  I'm to the point that I just assume whatever they say is
> > a lie.  Your particular story is just another for me to add to my list.
> >
> > About a year ago, I got involved with a client who was considering
> > switching from their current provider to Verizon DSL.  The salesperson
> > promised that everything would be the same at half the price.  The
> > salesperson lied that the price included a static IP, when we asked.
> > I didn't trust them, and did some out of band research and it turned
> > out that the static IP was _not_ included and the purchase would have
> > broken the client's email and web site.
> >
> > When confronted, a Verizon employee claimed that Verizon subcontracts
> > their salesforce, which means lies like this are "not our responsibility."
> > Oddly enough, this was exactly the same excuse I got when Verizon sold
> > me a cell plan that didn't exist in 1999.
> >
> > --
> > Bill Moran
> >
> > There's more'n seventy little earth's spinning about the galaxy, and the
> > meek have inherited not a one.
> >
> >         Malcom Reynolds
> >
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