Verizon puts it back on: no naked DSL for you!
By Barb Dybwad 
posted April 19th 2005 6:43PM
posted April 19th 2005 6:43PM
Yeah so, that news about Verizon offering "naked DSL" service? Turns out they're not really taking it all off, after all. They're barely even removing their winter fleece on this one, actually. It's not that you can drop landline service with Verizon and keep your DSL — oh, no — it's way too cold in the Northeast to get quite that naked. What you can actually only do is port your phone number to a different provider. Huh? Yeah, you heard it right: you can't actually ditch your phone service, still. Which leaves us scratching our heads as to which bit was actually newsworthy from that Verizon announcement. Some Tipper Gore-inspired standards body somewhere must have decided we've got to keep that DSL G-rated, yo.
We can drop the plays on words now.
I know journalists love puns, but this is a little much.
This is the kind of BS that makes me glad I have cable.
DSL is horrible anyway. Having naked DSL is a boon for them....wonder why they just dont do it instead of making us get their crappy phone service.
you should be pun-ished
How about Verizon charge me $30 for a Verizon branded VoIP service in exchange for removing landline service? I know it's not ideal, but it's at least a step in the right direction.
$30? Why $30! You can get all you can eat in the US, Canada and Europe for $20! Don't overpay. Listen, if you have cable, bless you -if not - check out the wireless broadband offerings.
Verizon will WISH you still had something connected one day. But then again, they are trying to buy MCI.
If Verizon is trying to buy up MCI, who owns one of the largest IP networks, i'd think that they would want to at least provide this option for their customers. Let them dump their landline and provide them with VoIP instead. In the end, just about everyone needs voice communication, whether it be landline, VoIP or Cellular. Verizon should provide all of these and let the customer choose what they want. I'll give Verizon the benefit of the doubt and assume that providing this option would require an overhaul of their current architecture/billing/etc system and they are holding off until the whole MCI thing is sorted out. If the MCI thing does go through, I would think all of this would fall into place. If not, I'm on cable & VoIP as it is now and will bet others who have that option will choose it as well.
seriously, there's this consensus that voip get's to be just as expensive as a regular phone line. The only difference with voip is it isn't regulated, and there is no customer support if your line goes down, ie: Call your isp!
Comcast just released Comcast digital voice, and it's the same thing- 49.00 for voice over your cable modem. (that being said they did buy a chunk of AT&T, and are actually acting like a real telecomm. But I digress...
Verizon is one of the most frustrating companies on the planet... they could really be a leader, but instead they fight against philly wifi, don't think cellphones should work, and don't get that landlines are a dying breed.
This is cool because most ILECs won't allow DSL service if you port your number out to an CLEC.
Hi Everybody,
I red your comments re naked dsl and I just wanted to let you know that on 5/25/05 I tried to order "naked DSL" from Verizon in NY but they refused. They said that I have to get a phone line too. Is there a way I can fight that?
Thanks
Gideon
Well I called Verizon to ask for DSL with no phone service, and they said "sure, no problem" and its only $29.99 a month. Well, it took two weeks for the equipment to come, and when I got it, I had no synch.
I called and they put in a trouble ticket. After another week I called again and they told me that my trouble ticket was closed. But I still had no synch. Finally I talked to a manager who told me that I can't have DSL without POTS service.
It took them three weeks to tell me that! And I still don't have an internet connection! I'm supposed to call tomorrow to get a land line turned on and then they can turn on my DSL. What a bunch of liars.