I have a naked DSL connection from Verizon and I haven't had any problems with it, save all of the blocked ports. The speed is very predictable, and I doubt you need to have a phone service with them in most areas.<br>
<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/11/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ed Stewart</b> <<a href="mailto:edstewart1@verizon.net">edstewart1@verizon.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br><br>Zach wrote:<br>> Just saw Verizon has a new offer [1] and it's 728 kb down / 128 kb up<br>> ADSL for 1 year @ $14.95 a month. I read the fine print though: while<br>> you get a free DSL modem they want you to buy a $49.99 wireless router
<br>> from them (guess Verizon has an agreement with a manufacturer to<br>> schelp their wifi routers!), there is $20 activation fee (I've seen<br>> other DSL offers with no such fee), and if you terminate service
<br>> within months 2-12 (I plan on moving in the autumn) you incur an $80<br>> early termination fee. The offer itself sounds good but I'm worried<br>> about all these add on charges. Oh and they said there is extra
<br>> charges for taxes and some other stuff.<br>><br>> [1] <a href="http://www.verizon.com/bestoffer">www.verizon.com/bestoffer</a><br>><br>> Zach<br>> _______________________________________________<br>
> wplug mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:wplug@wplug.org">wplug@wplug.org</a><br>> <a href="http://www.wplug.org/mailman/listinfo/wplug">http://www.wplug.org/mailman/listinfo/wplug</a><br>><br> The choices aren't to great up here in the woods here in Jefferson
<br>county. I have been with Verizon for three years using the Modem-router.<br>They gave me a package that allows me to call anywhere in US talk as<br>long as you want as a local call plus all the phone options , caller id,
<br>call waiting, conference calling and the works along with their highest<br>speed DSL which varies some what from day to day which they say will go<br>a lot faster when they get me hooked to the fiber optic lines which are
<br>here not but not hooked to my house yet for $69.95 a month which is<br>cheaper for me than the bill I used to get when I had basic phone<br>service with long distance, because most calls my wife and I make to<br>friends and relatives were toll. The DSL has worked very well here for
<br>me. Ed<br><br>--<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>wplug mailing list<br><a href="mailto:wplug@wplug.org">wplug@wplug.org</a><br><a href="http://www.wplug.org/mailman/listinfo/wplug">http://www.wplug.org/mailman/listinfo/wplug
</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Thanks,<br><br>Max Putas<br>