[geeks] Why I hate Verizon Online

[David Muran-de Assereto]

On Dec 5, 2006, at 4:51 PM, Phil Stracchino wrote:
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> Huh.  I didn't look for business cable offerings.  6 down 2 up, at a
> decent price, is worth investigating if there's static IP offered.
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Yeah, I found it by accident. My consumer connection went down, and  
when I called to find out how long it wold be down, they told me 2-3  
days. When I asked about alternatives, they told me that I could get  
business class service, but that it was "expensive". I was paying $49  
for consumer grade, and the business connection costs me $89 base for  
6/2 connection with 2 IPs and 4 hour service guarantee, which is the  
most important part for me. I also got two regular business landlines  
with unlimited free long distance at a significant discount. It  
includes some quantity of web space and a bunch of email addresses  
that I don't use; they host reverse DNS lookups, and I can run as  
many servers as I want as long as I don't spam. There was no  
installation fee.
I've had it for about $14 months, and the longest it's been down is  
about an hour, in the dead of the night.

Dave