Verizon 768K DSL $14.95

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Saturday Nov 19, 2005

I just activated my new VZ 768K DSL service. In general, it is just as fast as the pipeline service that I was paying Charter/AtlanticBB $34.95/month. Pipeline was supposed to be 1.5MB, but it usually registered 768K.

Considering this is just $14.95/month (regular price, not a special) and goes on the phone bill, its a welcome change from the cable company. Downloads are just slightly longer, but you can't tell much difference when loading a web page.

When I look at everything else available, this service blows away the competition hands down. Does anybody else know of a better broadband deal? BTW, VZ has 3.0MB for double the price at $29.95. Thats just blazing.

bfoust · Post by **bfoust** » Saturday Nov 19, 2005

Yea I have the 3.0mb - 1 yr commitment with Verizon for $29.99/mo - free wireless modem.

ThrashKillsYou · Post by **ThrashKillsYou** » Wednesday Nov 30, 2005

I work for Verizon and sell DSL everyday ($30 a sale). If you're interested in getting DSL sign yourself up online cause the first month is free with a 12 month commitment. Like stated you get 768Kb download speed for 14.95, plus 19.95 for the shipping and activation of your modem and two charges for the service ordered. The first charge is the pro-rated portion from the activation date and one month in advance. Let me be the first to say when I get a customer on the phone that has DSL it's not always pretty. DSL service can be pretty messed up after the first 30 days. If you have wire problems inside your house Verizon is going to charge you a fortune to fix if they even make it there in a week. If they can't address your problem and you want to cancel after the first 30 days that's a $79 early termination fee and $79 if you keep the modem.

Punkinhead · Post by **Punkinhead** » Thursday Dec 01, 2005

bfoust wrote:Yea I have the 3.0mb - 1 yr commitment with Verizon for $29.99/mo - free wireless modem.

Me too...I'm pretty happy with it.

bassist4life2004 · Post by **bassist4life2004** » Thursday Dec 01, 2005

Punkinhead wrote:
bfoust wrote:Yea I have the 3.0mb - 1 yr commitment with Verizon for $29.99/mo - free wireless modem.
Me too...I'm pretty happy with it.

Go to circuit city and apply... You get the first month for free, then the next 2 months are 19.99 a month, then the rest are $29.99 a month. Plus, you get a $100 Circuit City Merchandise card.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Saturday Dec 03, 2005

I am 500 feet out side of the loop. So I am stuck with 1.5/384. They keep telling me they are going to increase the distance. That won't happen before fios gets here though ..

bfoust · Post by **bfoust** » Saturday Dec 03, 2005

If we'd get FIOS here i'd be the happiest nerd in the world.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Sunday Dec 04, 2005

I plan on being the first person in tyrone with it. If you want to find out more info on it you can go here:

http://www22.verizon.com/FiosForHome/ch ... orHome.asp

There is talk that they are going to be adding a new speed of 1 meg up and down for 14.95 a month. Something to get people away from cable, also get people away from dsl. Then when this is completely rolled out they will be doing away with dsl. That is what the last tech I talked to sais anyhow ..

They will also be offering Phone service and Television service threw it. All high band digital. HDTV baby !!

Something else also, They are going to allow servers. So it looks a web, ftp, mail, and game server will be in order. As well as a bittorent tracker.. With a speed of 15 meg down and 2 meg up being better than a t1, why the heck not ??

bfoust · Post by **bfoust** » Sunday Dec 04, 2005

sweet. i'd love to be able to run servers. i used to run my sites off IIS until charter sent me a letter telling me to cease

Punkinhead · Post by **Punkinhead** » Wednesday Dec 07, 2005

f.sciarrillo wrote:I plan on being the first person in tyrone with it. If you want to find out more info on it you can go here:
http://www22.verizon.com/FiosForHome/ch ... orHome.asp
There is talk that they are going to be adding a new speed of 1 meg up and down for 14.95 a month. Something to get people away from cable, also get people away from dsl. Then when this is completely rolled out they will be doing away with dsl. That is what the last tech I talked to sais anyhow ..

They will also be offering Phone service and Television service threw it. All high band digital. HDTV baby !!

Something else also, They are going to allow servers. So it looks a web, ftp, mail, and game server will be in order. As well as a bittorent tracker.. With a speed of 15 meg down and 2 meg up being better than a t1, why the heck not ??

Why the heck not is right...damn that's awesome.

Bassnhats · Post by **Bassnhats** » Wednesday Dec 07, 2005

I was offline for the summer,cause I canceled my cable and cable modem my bill used to be 97.14 a month for this.I now have verizon dsl my whole phone bill is about 37bucks a month.and the dsl is aleast as good as the cable,what a deal. I also highly recomend it!!!

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Thursday Dec 08, 2005

Wonder if you can switch from the 3.0Mb to the 768k without a penalty? Anyone tried it? The 3 meg service has a 12 month commitment with a penalty for early cancellation, but you wouldn't really be cancelling; Verizon would still keep your business.

I've got the 3 meg service now, but it only gets 1.5 meg on my lines. It still smokes and I really like it, but I'd be just as happy (probably happier) with 768k at half the price. Gotta pay dem gas bills . . .

bfoust · Post by **bfoust** » Friday Dec 09, 2005

Jimi Hatt wrote:but you wouldn't really be cancelling; Verizon would still keep your business.

You would be cancelling the contract still, so I doubt they'd allow it.