scorpionleather wrote:
My brother also had an adventure with Verizon DSL in Hacienda Heights
CA. He was struggling with extreme latency and slow speeds (less than
modem speed) and Verizon kept telling him to check his inside phone
wires, DSL filters, etc. He went into the attic numerous times to
double check the wires. Finally after he got mad and persisted, Verizon
switched his DSL to another phone switching circuit (or whatever it's
called) at the telco and then he finally got decent speed! But they
gave him the run around for a while.
Have had similar problems with Verizon.
My DSL was very slow. I ordered
3 meg DSL and was getting, at best, a
little over 1 meg and at times, under
50K. The non customer service in Asia
had me doing things like changing
the data cable from the modem to the
computer and the phone wire from
the phone line to the modem. They said
that I HAD to connect the modem
wall wart DIRECTLY to a wall outlet and
NOT an outlet strip ... like that
will make a difference. They DEMANDED
that the phone line from the
modem be connected DIRECTLY to a
telephone wall jack. I explained
that I am in a motor home and there is
no wall jack. I told them there is
a wire connected to the customer
interface on the house next to the motor
home and wire goes directly from there
to the modem. They repeated the
script line that the modem HAD to be
connected DIRECTLY to the the
wall jack like they didn't even hear
what I told them. After getting the
whole thing escalated to tier 2, still
in Asia, they changed some of the
router settings in the office. Things
improved somewhat, but I still never
got over 1.5 meg. Then they tell me I
CAN'T GET 3 MEG DSL because
my line is "not qualified for it".
Apparently, I am too far away from the
remote terminal. BUT, I still pay the
same .... apparently, 1.5meg and 3
meg are are same price. I'm putting up
with this because it is only temporary
as I will be moving. The new location
is closer to a brand new remote
terminal (slc or the like) and hopefully
things will improve. This line is very
very noisy ... lots of clicking and
popping and lots of 60 Hz longitudinal
hum. BTW, Verizon has just announced
selling off their land line business
to Frontier another company that I'm not
sure will be an improvement.
Right now, this is probably the only way
to get internet service other than
3G off cell towers, also Verizon.