memser
@cavtel.net
| OK experience with CavTel DSL for years . . .
I'm 17,200 feet from the CO and grandfathered in with CavTel DSL and I've had them ever since they offered DSL service here in Va. Beach. Since I'm so far away, they uncapped me and charge me the cheapest rate: I get around 400 Kb/s down. The only real problems I have are that I'm at the cable end and there was only one working copper pair (and I have two lines - Verizon once did a repair and switched my DSL to the phantom pair and it was a pain to get it switched back, but that's Verizon). Because Verizon owns the copper, they would never really fix the poor line quality caused by the old underground cable. Then last summer, when Verizon installed their FIOS cable, they cut _my_ underground cable. Now I've got a "temporary" drop run from up the street, but my line quality is soooo much better. If I ever drop CavTel, Verizon won't let them hook me up again. I keep them because they give me a static IP and I can run any server I want, but my main Internet access is via Cox; I do route DNS through CavTel because the Cox DNS servers are not as reliable and I still use my CavTel mail address. The CavTel DSL tech people on the phone are not useful, but CavTel DSL has been so reliable for me (and more reliable than Cox), I haven't needed their help; when I have called for a POTS problem, they have always been very quick to respond and fix it the first time. |
