[geeks] cable modem or verizon DSL (in Rhode Island)?

[Jonathan C. Patschke]

On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, William Enestvedt wrote:

> I'm ignerunt, so if anyone could give me a hand choosing between Cox Cable and
> Verizon DSL for broadband, I'd be grateful.

Verizon has made it a point to not have a working Postmaster address for
about 5 years now (in fact, it still directs to the same non-working
gte.net address).  Fsck them and their spam-haus of a network.

>    Is it worth it to take the free modem from either provider? Am I likely to
> get more consistent speeds from a DSL line?

I'd go with cable.  I hate the technology, but I hate Verizon a -lot-
worse.

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