Henry Raymond
General => General Discussion => Topic started by: CuriousCitizen on April 15, 2005, 07:59:36 AM
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Hi, we recently came across three Verizon crews in the Fairfax area within hours of each other. One crew was actually working on the lines!!! Does anyone have any information in regards to Verizon updating the DSL service in the Farifax area??
Dave Filiberti
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Hi Dave,
To the best of my knowledge, Verizon trucks could just be working on the phone lines. Numerous new developments have made that necessary. DSL, I believe is available to homes within two miles or slightly more from the little Verizon Building in Main Hill in Fairfax. The Vermont Electric Coop has been talking about using their power lines for high speed Internet for several years now, but believe one of the first areas they will be doing is Jeffersonville.
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Hi Dave, Henry, et al,
I heard three miles from the little building.
I got it hooked up and I don't know how I lived without it.
It's a whole new internet at these speeds.
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I live on Sam Webb Rd and have had DSL for about 2 years. I think I was one of the first on the north end of the street to get the service. It was a real challenge to have Verizon them lower their standards so that they would connect me. Since that time several of my neighbors have DSL. I connect at about 500kbs +/- and am very happy with their service. My monthly is actually less that what I was paying for dialup.
Not a paid advertisementr for Verizon.
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I have DSL envy!! I live on Tabor Hill, that's not any farther than Sam Webb, and Henry lives past me on the Fletcher Road??? Dial -up just keeps getting slower, it's maddening. Especially when you have access to high speed during the day and come home to it.
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I live on McNall Road about 1.2 miles from Hwy. 128 and have had DSL for almost 3 years, but I never did hear the specifics as far as the distance from town that has access to DSL. It is great though, and I would have a really hard time if I had to go back to dial-up.
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We live about 3.5 miles from the little white Verizon bldg and can't get DSL service here on Fletcher Road (or so we've been told in numerous ways every time we call to inquire). It is frustrating in this age of technology that DSL isn't available to everyone! Our dial-up service is terrible and the extra $$ we pay each month for an "accelerator" that is supposed to enhance the dial-up service is only making things worse! Most times we have to disconnect the accelerator to get the internet connection to work at all! Aaarrrgh!
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I am going to be looking into ways we can get High Speed Broadband, via DSL,Cable or Wireless. in the next few weeks.
I have been talking to the folks at the
Vermont Rural Broadband Project for some help and guidance as well as Comcast and Surfglobal Net.
I Live north of 104a on Bailey road but want the whole town covered by something.
I may be doing a survey to see who really needs/wants it.
In this day and age Dialup will just not do.
If we can get together on this it should be possible to accomplish.
Contact me me in the meantime if interested, and look for a more substanicial posting on this in the next few days.
Tim lavigne
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Hi Tim,
I have heard some very positive responses from the Surfglobal Wireless set up - If they have Globalnet Signs on their panel trucks they seem to be around this and the Westford area quite a bit lately - I understand wireless needs a line of sight, but one of the most positive things I have heard about it is the cost. Comcast is expensive and unless you have a business or are a real diehard Internet fan, most likely would not fly.
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Yeah me to. They seem to be the best hope for my area of Fairfax, Unless the town can get on this fiber optic deal St. Albans, Westford and Underhill are doing with Burlington Telecom. That would be great also.
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I live north of 104A on Craftsfield Road. Globalnet told me wireless broadband was not available to me. I am anxiously awaiting anything that is faster than dial up. I'll participate in your survey Tim.
Nancy Roberts
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I was talking with Donna down at the Town Office and she had been told that she couldn't get Surf Global Wireless either and had put her name on a list - She suggested that when you call them that you ask for them to come to your place with their signal tester - She feels quite sure due to the location of Craftsfield and her house that people in that area should be able to get Surf Global Wireless and maybe even down at Bailey Road - Might be worth a try, rather than have someone check on a computer and say, "Nope, you can't get it."
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Henry,
Thanks for the info.
I have tried three times in the past year to try and get them to come to my house and they will not. They keep telling me their software says I have no signal here.
I can practically see their tower. I may not have a signal but I think it is still worth checking especially since they are around here all the time.
On another note,
I encourage anyone who feels we need better coverage in Fairfax to attend the planning meeting this Saturday at the High School at 1 pm to see where the selectboard stands on the issue.
There are some grants available to the town to use to get providers like Surf Global to expand here.
It only gonna take participation from the town.
I would also like to see the town Join the exploratory committee with St. Albans, Underhill and Jericho to join Burlington Telecom.
Tim
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Globalnet did come to my house and tested the signal. It is too week for me to get broadband but my next door neighbor was able to get it. Lucky duck!! I have to wait for the company to put up another repeater in the area. They told me they put my name on a list and would call when they put another one up in the area.
Nancy
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That is one thing that would help, if we could get everybody we know to call them and tell them we want service. Probably would speed up them putting in another repeater.
I call every six months and remind them!
Nancy,
What area do live in that is not served?
Tim
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I suggest any one who is really interested in Surf Global Service to call them and tell them you want their service.
As I said they may be the best hope we have right now for those of us not in the Verizon/Comcast area of Fairfax as it looks like they have no interest in expanding here any time soon.
I know a few people who have the Surf Global Wireless package and love it.
Their web site is http://www.surfglobal.net/products/wireless.php (http://www.surfglobal.net/products/wireless.php) and the phone number is
800-809-6665
That is the local office, in Essex I believe.
Call and tell your neighbors to do so.
When they see the demand they will put in more repeaters
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Shelly Pottala asked me to post this for her - She lives here off the Fletcher Road closer to the village than I am, so therefore there should have been absolutely no problem in her getting DSL:
HENRY:
NOT SURE HOW TO ADD A REPLY TO THE DSL INTERNET ISSUE BUT I CAN SAY THIS. BEFORE WE MOVED UP HERE WE CALLED VERIZON AND THEY SAID NO PROBLEM. WHEN WE ACTUALLY MOVED HERE IT TOOK 3 MONTHS OR SO TO GET IT. THEY WOULD SAY WE COULD NOT GET IT EVEN THOUGH NEIGHBORS HAD IT. IT WAS A MESS AND A LOT OF FIGHTING WITH THEM. BASICALLY I THINK THEY HAD TO INVEST SOME OF THEIR MONEY TO MAKE SOMETHING BIGGER OR WHATEVER TO BE ABLE TO ADD US. THEY SAID THE SAME NONSENSE TO A NEIGHBOR OF MINE RECENTLY (WHO LIVES BETWEEN TWO DSL USERS). I CALLED AND EXPLAINED THAT THEY DID THE VERY SAME THING TO ME AND THE END RESULT WAS GOING TO BE THE SAME. WHY NOT JUST GET HER ON. SHE IS ON BUT IT WAS A PAINFUL PROCESS. NOT SURE OF THE LOGISTICS OF THE WHOLE MESS BUT HANG IN THERE AND KEEP PESTERING THEM. THEY CAN HOOK YOU UP IF THEY WANT.
THANK YOU HENRY, SHELLY
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My sister in law had the same problem at her house on Fox Run Road.
Her neighbor had it but they said it was not available at her house. They finally got them to come to the house to test the lines and sure enough it was available.
The problem with Verizon DSL is you have to be within apx 3 miles of the swicthing terminal in the village.
They will not add any repeaters or remote terminals outside those limits because they can not make enough money with so few households for the investment.
I think Verizon has pretty much given up on any expansion beyond those limits since they are trying to abandon the land lines in New England.
I would not hold out any hope for Verizon to expand here if you are beyond the 3 mile limit.
I think this Fairpoint deal won't hold out much hope also. I could be wrong but they seem to be promising anything and everything to get the deal through but if you look on where they want to expand as far as jobs go most of it is in sales and billing, not techs.
Also DSL is fast becoming obsolete unless fiber optic is introduced into the mix such as Verizons"FIOS" service and Burlington Telecoms Fiber Optic network.
That is why we have to get the town to start pushing in that direction.