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Originally Posted by glatt
I bet the phone company would be more than happy to sell you a shitty product if you are willing to pay.
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Some little phone companies still may install DSL. Install and still provide are two completely different topics.
But Verizon is now removing all copper service in some venues - leaving some customers only with Fios or a few third party providers that remain. Mostly removed in venues where Fios has been available for more than ten years. In some venues a decade ago, they literally removed all copper when FIOS was installed. No copper; no DSL.
DSL is more than fast enough to even provide Netflix. DSL was originally offered in the early 1980s by Rochester Telephone to download movies. However service was suspended when customer still kept trooping to the BlockBuster.
In some towns (ie Fire Island, Mantoloking), hardwired services was (to be) suspended.
Megabits says nothing about latency. Another relevant parameter. Always take Comcast advertising with skepticism. Purpose of the company is profits; not the product. If honest, they were not comparing their service to DSL. And compare their service to what has been standard is S Korea for most of the past decade.
Comcast (who denied and then were caught subverting Skype packets - and other shady practices) has a long history of playing consumers for fools. Its not hard. Note how many even believe Donald Trump - facts and numbers be damned. Those only glaze over eyes.
How many megabits faster? Totally ignore it if they do not provide specific numbers with each claim.