Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> writes: On 02/12/2013 12:36 AM, Cory Smelosky wrote: >>>> "They're using sophisticated technology to degrade service, which >>>> probably costs them a lot of money. It would be better to see them use >>>> that money to improve service" >>> >>> So why is anyone (Dave) buying their service? >> > > Eeeek. Sprint! The horror... Yeah, it was pretty bad. High pricing, no inverse DNS (they said it was "a business decision"...FUCKING SUITS!), not-so-great speed, etc. But there are no alternatives in SW FL. Florida used to be GTE. You probably fell victim to the poor infrastructure that Sprint acquired when consuming what was GTE. Annoyingly enough, if I had been in Sarasota County, I could've gotten FIOS. I lived in Charlotte County...ON THE VERY STREET that separates the two counties! If only I could've just run a damn wire across the street. FiOS is available in few areas here. Verizon have no intention of expanding beyond what is now in place because the cable companies are eating Verizon's lunch. And, VERIZON sucks! I had T1 from Verizon for years. Awful support and, when it went out, I was without service for days. Once, after Ernesto, I was out for 40 days!!! Cable company fiber finally came to my rescue. FYI, I provided Verizon software support for a time. Contract terminated in the summer of last year. Not bad money but dealing with people dumber than a box of rocks -- no disparagement meant to any boxed rocks in the audience -- was not worth 10 times what I charged to them. Live and learn. -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG Well I speak to machines with the voice of humanity.