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Verizon's DSL Gets Naked

Posted by timothy on from the everyone-does-eventually dept.

Ant writes "According to Broadband Reports' news story, Verizon today announced they are now offering 'naked DSL' service (DSL without mandatory local service) in the Northeast. CBS/Marketwatch indicates Northeast customers (ex-NYNEX and Bell Atlantic) can cut or switch their local service with no penalty, starting today. The company insists the move will be national in time, but gave no timeline for when naked DSL would be available elsewhere. Verizon had promised this in May of last year, but then seemingly backtracked."

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  1. What a shame by Svippy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was hoping now I could believe to surf naked without me feeling ashamed. :(

    I still have to live with the suffering, it seems.

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    Clicked pie.
  2. Wow by jim_v2000 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If it makes it to where I am, I would gladly switch to dsl instead my cable. I don't need all the bandwidth that cable provides, but DSL costs just as much right now because I have to have a phone line with it. (I use a cell phone)

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    Don't take life so seriously. No one makes it out alive.
  3. Commercials.... by JazzyJ · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is Verizon actually calling it "Naked DSL"?

    If they are...can't wait to see the commercials for it.

    1. Re:Commercials.... by Rob+Riggs · · Score: 5, Funny

      Can you see me now?

      Good!

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      the growth in cynicism and rebellion has not been without cause
  4. Verizon's FIOS Even Better by MBraynard · · Score: 5, Informative

    Verizon's Fios puts their DSL to shame where available - naked or not. $50 a month for 15Mbps down and 2 up. Hot hot hot.

  5. Importance by fm6 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Note the importance of this. There must be a lot of unused copper pairs in Verizons service area for them to even consider doing this. It suggests that a good fraction of the people living in the northeast are dispensing with landlines. In other words, Verizon's core business, which has been the biggest industry in the U.S. for over a century, is dying.