Verizon DSL vs Comcast Cable

[David Kramer]

On Friday 20 February 2004 1:49 pm, Dan Barrett wrote:
> On Friday 20 February 2004 13:38, Ben Jackson wrote:
> > Don't use RCN. I don't know if they have improved, but I would not give
> > them a second chance.
>
> Standby for "the market" to take care of this: RCN filed for Chapter 11
> protection two days ago.  Seems there's a small matter of $1.7b in debt.

I hate to see this oligopoly move one more step closer to a monopoly, but good 
riddance to them if they fall.

> I had to move from Speakeasy to RCN last year because my better half really
> wanted cable tv.  Ugh.

Why drop speakeasy?  We have cable TV and speakeasy DSL.  I can't possibly 
convey how strongly I like SpeakEasy.  

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