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Re: Choice of ISP



 On Sat, 2008-05-17 at 23:43 -0400, Ruben Safir wrote: 
> On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 11:02:23PM -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote: 
> > On Sat, 2008-05-17 at 22:19 -0400, Ruben Safir wrote: 
> > > > 
> > > > I'm all for competition, lower prices, more bandwidth, etc. That's 
> > > > actually why I went with Verizon. They are relatively new to this area 
> > > > with FiOS, and came in here with more bandwidth for cheaper than the 
> > > > only other option I had, which was Comcast. 
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Because they fixed the market. 
> > 
> > I don't follow. Nobody but Comcast was offering high-speed data service 
> > here (Tyngsboro, MA), and that's somehow Verizon's doing? That would 
> > seem to be more Comcast's doing. 
> 
> I'mm willing to discuss this only if your going to open your mind 
> and understand what is actually happening in the market for internet 
> access.  Otherwise, it's just a flame fest that is not worth the time. 


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