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   From: marquess@veridicalsystems.com   
      
   Jeff's comments are accurate; I had T1 service for years -- the only   
   viable connectivity option where I live -- until the quality of   
   service declined rather abruptly.  The fault may well lie with Level 3   
   as well as Verizon, as that decline coincided with the acquisition of   
   Level 3 by CenturyLink.  Outages (all too frequent with a 40,000 foot   
   run to the CO) went from hours to days; not acceptable when you're   
   trying to run a business.   
      
   Verizon POTS quality also declined very dramatically; I had up to six   
   POTS lines at various times (now I have none).   
      
   So when my $22K T1 contract came up for renewal in late 2016 I decided   
   to spend a small fortune on an antenna tower for line-of-sight access   
   to local WISPs (I live in rough terrain).  That has been much more   
   reliable, not to mention way cheaper.   
      
   -Steve M.   
      
      
   --   
   Steve Marquess   
   Veridical Systems, Inc.   
   1829 Mount Ephraim Road   
   Adamstown, MD  21710   
   301-874-2571   
   marquess@veridicalsystems.com   
   gpg/pgp key: http://veridicalsystems.com/docs/0x2FC01B38-pub.asc   
      
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