Anyone else naked?

[ManyBeers]

I'm naked. Qwest dsl, no phone.

 

[CrackRabbit]

I wanted naked dsl, but Qwest only offers 256k speeds at the same price as a 6mb connection from Comcrap.

 

[rise]

naked, verizon dsl . when i changed over a while cack, the only thing that changed was they "needed" to setup auto payments thru a CC. kinda weird but whatever.

 

[puffff]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
I have DSL and no landline. Verizon charges me like $5/mo extra I think for not having a landline, which is pretty gay.

But I don't need a land line at all.

Yeah, same here. I think I pay $43 for my verizon dsl. I should probably downgrade to a slower package to save some money.

 

[manowar821]

I'm not wearing a shirt...?

 

[slag]

id love to do this, however, i have the 6 mb down package with AT&T which is not available and, dish network which requires a line to lower my bill by 5 bucks and to dial out when i want to order ppv. Technically, i could call in ppv orders, but its such a pita

 

[Steve]

If it weren't so cold at my office I would take my pants off.

 

[Rage187]

I tried but they said it wasn't offered in my area of South Carolina. Guy never heard of it and when I emailed him the article he and his manager said those prices weren't available.

Also, the 888 number listed in the article doesn't work for the South, they will forward you on.

 

[ElFenix]

damnit at&t down here in houston told me a dry loop would cost more than my current metered line :|

 

[Chryso]

This is sad. By "naked" I was expecting to see that the OP had no router.

 

[zanejohnson]

im thinking about ditching our lan line for voip service...

we rarely even use it though...

 

[aplefka]

I'm about to be.

 

[Rage187]

Phone number for the Dryloop department in the South is 888-757-6500

Took 2 people but I finally got the deal.

 

[boomerang]

Originally posted by: Queasy
I just recently heard about this. I'd love to go to Naked DSL but we still need the phone for fax and alarm. I'm not sure if the alarm system would work with a voip provider.

I called my monitoring company about just this issue. They said that as the technology stands now, that they are getting inconsistent results from their customers who switched to VoIP. In other words sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

It has something to do with how the data gets packeted.

They have what is essentially a cell phone that will interface with your alarm panel. In looking into it, it appears there are several makers of these. So alarm calls go out through the cellular network. Which, if you think about it is preferable anyway to a land line that could get cut prior to a break in.

The net result for me was a minuscule savings which is why, for now, I'm staying with a land line.

BTW, for anyone reading, DSL is not available here for me.

Also for alarm monitoring I highly recommend http://www.watchlight.com/. I'm paying less than $10 a month. They are very professional. My panel was programmed over the phone by one of their techs by appointment. We pre-determined the day and time and they called and did the deed. We experience a lot of power outages here and they are the first company that has consistently honored my "do not call" request for power outages.

 

[Flammable]

too bad i dont trust AT&T that much, either way i live in MA

 

[dug777]

No land line.

Got a virginbroadband box which gives us home phone and broadband over 3G HSPDA.

 

[Scouzer]

10mpbs/800kbps naked DSL $55/mo

 

[eplebnista]

I have phone service and dsl, so that would be a no.

 

[Shawn]

I'm naked and I don't even have DSL!

 

[Pliablemoose]

Originally posted by: zanejohnson
im thinking about ditching our lan line for voip service...

we rarely even use it though...

VOIP would be nice for those hour long on hold calls...

Oh wait, it's AT&T that kept me on hold for fscking hours at a time, guess I can skip the VOIP

I was on hold for about 1.5 hours to get the dry loop. :|

 

[Pliablemoose]

Well that sucked, I lost everything, er, wait.....

I'm still on the internets and I has no phone line WOOT....

This is the first time AT&T has ever gotten a change correct :thumbsup:

 

[Svnla]

Our local ATT (former BellSouth) will not allow naked DSL. No cable here either so take it or leave it if you want broadband. Boohoo.

 

[TheNewbie]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
I predict massive amounts of hits on this thread versus responses.

you got me. (I wasn't going to reply if it wasn't for your post...)

 

[Pliablemoose]

Originally posted by: Svnla
Our local ATT (former BellSouth) will not allow naked DSL. No cable here either so take it or leave it if you want broadband. Boohoo.

You might want to try again & remind them that the sale of Bell South was conditional upon them providing naked DSL...

 

[ravana]

This thread fails to deliver naked :lips: