verizon dsl reliability

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I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, move it if necessary..

I have a friend who is getting into online poker and currently only has a dial up internet connection. He's considering getting Verizon DSL instead of a cable connection to save $$$.

Does anyone multitable on Verizon DSL? If so how's it working, is it fast enough? Also how are things like loading youtube videos, etc..?

Thanks for the feedback.

[rhizome]

DSL is way better than dialup

[pkrblog]

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DSL is way better than dialup

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It is but it is still awful, and NOT reliable AT ALL.

[demon102]

I went with cable, main reason is that the speed of ur internet with dsl depends on how far away u are from the location ur getting ur feed, I was pretty far away and my speed would be really slow for dsl standards, CABLE INTERENT IS THE NUTS!!

[DMoogle]

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DSL is way better than dialup

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It is but it is still awful, and NOT reliable AT ALL.

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It's just as reliable as any other non-dial-up connection (i.e. broadband).

I used Verizon DSL before I upgraded to FIOS. I wasn't playing poker at the time, but it's definitely fast enough. Online poker in general isn't much of a bandwidth hog at ALL. FWIW my speed was 768Kbs/128Kbs, or 96KB/s down and 16KB/s up. And I actually got those speeds about 100% of the time.

A word about Verizon: I almost never have had connection problems, except occasionally in the middle of the night (say, once a month or so at that time). However, Verizon has some of the worst customer support I've ever dealt with.

[Borgland]

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I went with cable, main reason is that the speed of ur internet with dsl depends on how far away u are from the location ur getting ur feed, I was pretty far away and my speed would be really slow for dsl standards, CABLE INTERENT IS THE NUTS!!

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Agreed. I've had dial-up, Bellsouth DSL, and now Comcast cable, and cable is the most reliable and fastest.

The main difference between cable and dsl is cable isnt affected by the weather as much.

[jt082005]

I will throw this into here, but I have Verizon FIOS and we have it set up wireless and I run into so many connection problems, any one have a possible idea why I might be?

(They were suppose to hardwire the computers, but I was not around when it happened and they didn't but for some reason I run into so many wireless issues)...but my connection is very fast otherwise)

[D.L.M.]

Ive got the upgraded wicked fast verizon dsl, 3mhps's or something likke that. its wicked fast but during poor wether i can lose the connection. tons better than dial up and the lack of disconnects compared to any other provider is worth the 40 bucks a month 10x over atleast.

[froggy527]

I had trouble when I first got verizon dsl,and they
bent over backwards to fix my problem. I don't have
any connection problems now.

[sdfsdf]

dont go with verizon
once i had a connection problem, the modem would only sporadically connect, and a tech support guy came over. he said that my modem was too old and changed the speed on their end from 1500 down to 768 down and told me once i got a new modem to call tech support to have the speed changed back up. but once i got the new modem i called tech support and they told me my speed was at 1500 down and had never been changed even though my modem's diagnostic page said i was connecting at 768 and before the tech support guy changed it it would connect at 1500. i told the guy on the phone what happened but he still told me it had never been changed. i was never able to change it back up so i canceled their service and now i use cable.