I remember (fondly) when I first signed up for Earthlink DSL thru GTE. GTE actually sent
techs out to rewire our line so we had a dedicated DSL line (eliminating those pesky filters}.
We started out @ 1MB down and about 3ooKBS up. Back then it smoking fast with only bout 9 hops.
Then, Verizon took over. BTW the CO is actually in my neighborhood. The speed gradually degraded
and finally our latency went up too far to play our shooters. Also, I would get outages that no one could fix but would go away after 2 days. One day I was talking to Verizon trying to find out how I could get better service and when I mentioned Earthlink, it was an immediate hang-up. When TW came around offering to buy my dish I jumped @ the chance. Don't have TW cable but we do have Earthlink cable (6.5 MB down, 450KBs up} and the TW phone. Even tho Verizon has their blazing FIOS I would never give these goons the time of day. If possible, always go with cable.
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I remember (fondly) when I first signed up for Earthlink DSL thru GTE. GTE actually sent techs out to rewire our line so we had a dedicated DSL line (eliminating those pesky filters}. We started out @ 1MB down and about 3ooKBS up. Back then it smoking fast with only bout 9 hops. Then, Verizon took over. BTW the CO is actually in my neighborhood. The speed gradually degraded and finally our latency went up too far to play our shooters. Also, I would get outages that no one could fix but would go away after 2 days. One day I was talking to Verizon trying to find out how I could get better service and when I mentioned Earthlink, it was an immediate hang-up. When TW came around offering to buy my dish I jumped @ the chance. Don't have TW cable but we do have Earthlink cable (6.5 MB down, 450KBs up} and the TW phone. Even tho Verizon has their blazing FIOS I would never give these goons the time of day. If possible, always go with cable.