I won't apologize for a slow answer. You may soon be asking me to wait and first think a little more. Kevin Paetzold via WLUG <wlug@lists.wlug.org> writes:
The issue is Verizon.
As soon as I saw that, I started to write a reply that said: "That's provably false. The letter came from GTT. Verizon is not under discussion." While I was editing that to make it more polite, I read on:
We were officially not getting our DSL "service" from Verizon but it was their copper. Verizon did not even notify our ISP and just disconnected the line (in Marlboro). We of course found out when our equipment went offline.
Now the question becomes: "How much do we trust Verizon?" That got me thinking. The letter from GTT does not mention Verizon, but why would they? Blaming Verizon might look (to the customer) like a lame excuse; it might look (to Verizon) like a legal cause of action. It doesn't need to be a conspiracy, sometimes quarrelling parties, each for their own reasons, don't feel motivated to explain things to _us_. Now the skills I learned in grad school, reading Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason", begin to suggest more questions. What did they actually tell me, and what have I added myself? The GTT letter is clearly a form letter. It might have been written years ago, to be automatically filled in and sent to anyone they plan to disconnect for any reason anywhere in the world. It says nothing at all about why. I assumed they decided there was not enough money to be made by charging a monthly fee to leave everything the same. On 4/13/23 15:06, Bacon, John via WLUG wrote:
So I suspect that it's not GTT that is really providing DSL but more likely Verizon.
This is true. GTT pays Verizon for local DSL delivery over copper wire. Every time I report a problem to GTT, they send Verizon to my house.
And since VZ is trying to get out of the copper business that is why your dilemma. However Verizon is working to roll out Fios in the city so maybe they will get your neighborhood before your disconnected.
If this were true, my plan would be to order FIOS (Fiber Optic) internet connection from Verizon and run it in parallel with DSL for a few months. Then I could get set up with the Fiber while continuing to use DSL for email, downloading software, seaching the web for answers, etc. I am afraid of being totally without internet while trying to get the new connection working. Unfortunately, the Verizon web site says FIOS is not available in my area. But when I tell their chat-bot/human of my fears of a coverage gap, it/he seems suspiciously knowledgeable about my problem and tells me not to worry. Maybe they think I will welcome my new overlords who will arrive just in time (for them).
Im not sure where your web servers are hosted
They are hosted on a Debian Linux Intel Pentium in my basement. Linux is about doing it yourself. I don't have a web server host, just Apache running on Linux, not up in the cloud, down in the basement. More details can be read here: http://www.free-comp-shop.com/none/final.html at least for a few more months. -- Keith (thee/thou)