Alternatives to Comcast

Dan Miller rambi.dev at gmail.com
Tue May 20 21:18:17 EDT 2008


I'm in Southern Nashua. Right at the border, so I think that mv.com is 
out. I will look into fairpoint though. I know I can't get fiber (that 
would be ideal), I've never done DSL before, but I know its different 
setup with PPoE and such.

Dan

Arc Riley wrote:
> for internet call the people at mv.com - great service, nothing
> blocked, and a free static ip just for asking
> 
> ... if you can get them.  We're under a mile from the CO here in west
> concord and we're failing the loop qual because they "dont have enough
> capacity".  Fairpoint DSL (formerly verizon) is an option, if you're
> willing to spend up to an hour on hold during the daytime to talk with
> one of their reps to order.  You can switch from Verizon/Fairpoint DSL
> to MV and fairpoint may qualify you even if they tell MV "no" due to
> different retail and wholesale DSL line banks.
> 
> Tell 'em my name or someone else on the list who's a customer as a referal :-)
> 


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