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you are saying that the incumbent/ILEC (SBC) has inferior service to a CLEC
(MCI)
despite the fact that the CLEC has to lease the local loop from the ILEC
anyways
that isn't typical is it? how often have you been out of service?

my local cableco are ramping up for voip but given the frequency of
downtime on my
cable internet I certainly would not use them for a primary line


At 03:46 AM 3/25/04 -0600, you wrote:
>.... If my current carrier (MCI) goes out of the
>local-service business, I'd just drop my telephone line since SBC has really
>poor customer service out here.  Cellphone service (sound quality) is not
>great either, and BPL is just a dream still AFAIK.
>......


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