Wolfe, Stephen S Civ USAF AMC 6 MDSS/SGSI wrote: > I thought you guys had WiMax in your area or at least a community WiFi?
Hi Stephen! WiMax appears to be satellite, bad in that it goes out on cloudy days. As in all the time for six months a year. Community WiFi is a few blocks away from here, but it is only winders and crashes that all the time. >> Is this DSL service? > Yes. > >> So today, after a month I *finally* got to speak to a verizon tech. He > >> checked my equipment and found that I had full speed service, and that > >> is my problem. >> >> Verizon doesn't have enough backbone access to service everyone they >> have sold service to so they randomly disconnect the top and middle > tier >> users to save bandwidth. Saves them a bundle which shows up as >> management salaries and perks. Works for the guys at the top. >> >> He said if I cut my service to low tier, about 767 or thereabouts, I >> would not notice the speed difference and they don't disconnect the >> little guys so on average I would have *more* access. >> >> Thoughts? Comments? So any of you use the low speed verizon? -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
