Cruising the Internet... NAKED!You may have read my last blog entry, where I talked about getting Naked (also known as "dry loop") DSL service, which is having DSL without having a telephone number/account associated with it.
After some thought and spending some time on figuring out where my access would come from during the transition period, I decided to go ahead and cancel my Verizon services and order from DSL Extreme.
I put the order in on Monday, June 26th. There were some communication issues with DSL Extreme - apparently they don't do dry loop accounts very often and the procedure isn't very refined. It also didn't help that Verizon still had me on their frame relay network, and I would have to be reprovisioned and put on their ATM network before DSL Extreme could hook me up. All of that stuff delayed the processing of the order for a couple of days.
When DSL Extreme informed me that my activation date was set for July 10th, I was a little surprised and skeptical, since both DSL Extreme and Verizon both told me that it would take 4-5 weeks. It's now Friday the 7th. My service is scheduled to come on sometime on Monday - I'm very curious to find out if it actually will. Using my cellphone to connect to the 'net is pretty sssslllloooowwww.....
I'll post a reply to this entry when the service comes on. Hopefully you'll be hearing from me again on Monday...
Posted by Steve - 2006-07-07 22:23:30.
Comments:
It works!
My DSL service was active when I got home from work this afternoon. I'm getting the bandwidth I'm paying for, too.
Way to go, DSL Extreme!
(#10) Posted by Steve - 2006-07-08 06:37:56.
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