Actually the resell sbc primarily.
Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -----Original Message----- From: "Matthew Black" <bl...@csulb.edu> Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:31:42 To: Etaoin Shrdlu<shr...@deaddrop.org>; <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: What to do when your ISP off-shores tech support On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:10:33 -0800 Etaoin Shrdlu <shr...@deaddrop.org> wrote: > Matthew Black wrote: > >> On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:51:41 -0800 >> "Tomas L. Byrnes" <t...@byrneit.net> wrote: >> >>> Cox Communications has fully on-shore support. Here in SD they are >>> actually LOCAL. > >> In Verizon land, residential customers do not have >> CLEC voice or DSL alternatives. We do not have Cox. >> Our area is served by Charter Communications who has >> the broadband cable monopoly. Verizon has the fiber >> monopoly with their FIOS. AT&T fiber is not possible >> in Verizon land. Nobody competes against Verizon for >> residential service in Southern California. > > Sir, both COVAD and DSLExtreme beg to differ. Seriously. I just checked. > > -- > The histories of mankind are histories only of the higher classes. > > Thomas Malthus Going through COVAD's interactive DSL chooser, there are no options for RESIDENTIAL service. <http://covad.com/web/index.html> DSLextreme is charging a higher price than Verizon and I suspect they are simply reselling Verizon's DSL rather than connecting my copper to their network. That's hardly what I consider CLEC service. I could be wrong and would switch if I could. But I don't see them offering voice and that's why I conclude they are reselling Verizon's DSL service. matthew black california state university, long beach
