No alternatives. Verizon has the phone service, but don't offer DSL. Clearwire doesn't go here. The ISP has actually been very reliable. No problems streaming Netflix movies on PS3, including HD.Uh oh. One of those, "Can I play on the Internet, too, mommy?" ISP companies. Probably there to serve outlying, far-reaching or fringe-area service locations. Good luck on doing high-speed VoIP with them. Better yet, what are your other ISP alternatives?
Whether they can handle voip remains to be seen. Here are latest voip test results:
This report refers to a connection test carried out by IP address [hidden] on 26 Nov 2009 8:33:02 GMT-08:00.
Download speed 5421 Kbps
Upload speed 742 Kbps
D/load QOS 67 %
U/load QOS 96 %
RTT 50 ms
Max Delay 324 ms
Avg Delay 1 ms
Max Bandwidth 5840 Kbps
Route Speed 10485 Kbps
Forced Idle 0 %
Route Conc 1.0
Download test s
Upload test s
Max Delay and D/load QOS not so hot. Sometimes these numbers are fine, sometimes not. Phone is working right now, but will it continue to do so? I have another week or so to decide, before I must return hardware to Best Buy.