Hi I understand that this is not exactly the right forum... On the other hand, it is as good as general population with added bonus: members of this group are more computer literate than general population. I live in Boston, MA, US. I have high speed RCN at the moment. It is getting painfully slow (without getting cheaper). I called them once and asked whether they have a problem "on my line". They suggested that I should have a technician come in and configure my machine. Last time I had a technician over was when I bought my own cable modem (instead of rented one). They refused to configure it over the phone. OK, fine, I paid $$ for tech visit. He came over and called the office with the modem serial number. That was it! Was I pissed! I do not like to be screwed... I do not have anybody from RCN to come over unless I am paid for the time I take off work. Sorry for the long preamble.
Is Verizon DSL any good? Do they really manage to squeeze the advertized bandwidth through pair of wires (probably not even twisted)?
I signed up for Netzero couple days ago. They initially told me that I can use existing cable (I do not care how it's shared between ISPs). After few failed attempts to connect I was told that it is dial-up only (no surprise that my modemless beige box did not work), but it is
5x times faster than dial-up. Is it?? Does anybody have experience with Netzero? Thank you in advance for the shared thoughts.