What service to use after May 15th 2014 with my Obi110? [noob alert!]
Michael_Reeder:
Quote from: Rick on May 21, 2014, 05:48:55 am
I think that a company is not allowed to REQUIRE you to have a landline if you have DSL. They have to provide DSL without a landline, which is called "naked". HOWEVER, nothing stops them from charging more to just have DSL, vs. DSL and a landline. They can price things how they wish.
I used to have DSL without a land line through Verizon. Verizon refers to this as a "dry loop". It was $29-$35/month a few years ago.
In addition to the sticks, some cities have horrible service.
At my house in Baltimore City, I can get Clear Broadband (4Mbps Down/1.3 Mbps Up) which is no longer offered to new customers, Verizon DSL (about the same speeds), or Comcast Internet at $70/month. All other options are data-capped broadband wireless at $40-$70/month that you would not dare run Netflix on.
At my office in Baltimore City, things are "special". No DSL service, and no official Comcast service (we can pay for a hook-up nearby then run cable technically just outside their service range). Comcast "Business Class" was 7Mbps Down / 1.5 Mbps Up -- which is horrible. I have Clear Broadband at this local via a special antenna tower on the roof to catch signal from a faraway tower. There are NO good options. I actually considered satellite!
I drive 2 miles outside Baltimore and marvel at Internet speeds in areas the companies care about.
-- Michael
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