Is it only my impression or the Verizon Service (I have DSL) has been quite erratic lately? In the afternoon/evening the signal is there, but quite weak, slow and, sometimes, disappearing completely. That makes connections to internet quite frustrating... Any input from FIOS subscribers if the system is really worth to have internet access? Thanks! Mayte Sáenz Heberton Street Louis Brown wrote:

Here's the promised update to the Verizon Outage post last week.

The Verizon outage covered at least a dozen houses on Cordova, King, Bryant and Negley (no FIOS subscribers and only some of the Plain-Old-Telephone-Service and DSL users were affected). The outage lasted a week, from 2:00PM Tuesday, December 30 to 1:00AM Wednesday, January 7. Some folks were credited a full month of phone and DSL, others were credited $25. Bob at Channel 4's "Call for Action" was a big help, too.

Thanks.

Louis Brown

Cordova Rd

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I am also interested in the response to the question about FIOS internet and phone service. I've been skeptical of the phone part of the service and would like some first hand feedback from folks who have it. I currently have a land line and Verizon DSL. ----- Original Message ----- From: Maria Teresa Saenz Robles<mailto:msaenz+@pitt.edu> To: neighborhood@highlandparkpa.com<mailto:neighborhood@highlandparkpa.com> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 10:12 AM Subject: [Highland Park] Problems with Internet Verizon Service Is it only my impression or the Verizon Service (I have DSL) has been quite erratic lately? In the afternoon/evening the signal is there, but quite weak, slow and, sometimes, disappearing completely. That makes connections to internet quite frustrating... Any input from FIOS subscribers if the system is really worth to have internet access? Thanks! Mayte Sáenz Heberton Street Louis Brown wrote: Here's the promised update to the Verizon Outage post last week. The Verizon outage covered at least a dozen houses on Cordova, King, Bryant and Negley (no FIOS subscribers and only some of the Plain-Old-Telephone-Service and DSL users were affected). The outage lasted a week, from 2:00PM Tuesday, December 30 to 1:00AM Wednesday, January 7. Some folks were credited a full month of phone and DSL, others were credited $25. Bob at Channel 4's "Call for Action" was a big help, too. Thanks. Louis Brown Cordova Rd ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- <http://lists.highlandparkpa.com/mailman/listinfo/neighborhood>