[wplug] Verizon DSL opinions?

[Ed Stewart]

Zach wrote:
> Just saw Verizon has a new offer [1] and it's 728 kb down / 128 kb up
> ADSL for 1 year @ $14.95 a month. I read the fine print though: while
> you get a free DSL modem they want you to buy a $49.99 wireless router
> from them (guess Verizon has an agreement with a manufacturer to
> schelp their wifi routers!), there is $20 activation fee (I've seen
> other DSL offers with no such fee), and if you terminate service
> within months 2-12 (I plan on moving in the autumn) you incur an $80
> early termination fee. The offer itself sounds good but I'm worried
> about all these add on charges. Oh and they said there is extra
> charges for taxes and some other stuff.
>
> [1] www.verizon.com/bestoffer
>
> Zach
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  The choices aren't to great up here in the woods here in Jefferson 
county. I have been with Verizon for three years using the Modem-router. 
They gave me a package that allows me to call anywhere in US talk as 
long as you want as a local call plus all the phone options , caller id, 
call waiting, conference  calling and the works along with their highest 
speed DSL which varies some what from day to day which they say will go 
a lot faster when they get me hooked to the fiber optic lines which are 
here not but not hooked to my house yet for $69.95 a month which is 
cheaper for me than the bill I used to get when I had basic phone 
service with long distance, because most calls my wife and I make to 
friends and relatives were toll. The DSL has worked very well here for 
me. Ed

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