Verizon Online DSL

iBangHomie (Banned) · 03-04-2007, 10:46 AM

does anyone have Verizon Online DSL??

Erus_Vestrum · 03-04-2007, 10:52 AM

Nope but I want Verizon FiOS except they don't offer it in the 4th largest city in the nation... (Houston)

iBangHomie (Banned) · 03-04-2007, 10:55 AM

k i have verizon online dsl and my DSL modem broke. Can i just get a modem from bestbuy and use it?

boomslang · 03-04-2007, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by iBangHomie

k i have verizon online dsl and my DSL modem broke. Can i just get a modem from bestbuy and use it?

How did it break?

iBangHomie (Banned) · 03-04-2007, 11:23 AM

my idiot friend sat on it and something inside cracked..... so can i just buy any DSl Modem and i will be able to go back online on my other computer?

iBangHomie (Banned) · 03-04-2007, 12:03 PM

anyone?

brickwall329 · 03-04-2007, 12:37 PM

I have DSL. My parents are too damn cheap to upgrade. When (if) we get FiOS, I'll nag them so much they'll have no choice but to switch.

Mwhahahahah!!

billybob · 03-04-2007, 06:20 PM

No, you have to go to Verizon and get a new one. My dsl modem broke awhile back, and I looked high and low to find a new one. Then I called somewhere and was told that only the isp sells them. Not totally sure why tho. But last i checked thats how it is.

yamahakid · 03-04-2007, 06:28 PM

cant you just use any modem like a linksys one? thats what i did when out comcast modem stopped working although thats cable, idk if dsl is any differant.

but hopefully well get fios here and ill be all over it

nwestpballer · 03-04-2007, 07:05 PM

Because of the way DSL works you can't just go out and buy another modem for a place like best buy. The ISP has a specific set of modems that they use so you're going to have to get a new one from Verizon. I did tech support for this kind of stuff all last summer.

brickwall329 · 03-04-2007, 07:14 PM

You modems for DSL aren't universal. Routers on the other hand are, right? You can use almost any router I think.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

nwestpballer · 03-04-2007, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by brickwall329

You modems for DSL aren't universal. Routers on the other hand are, right? You can use almost any router I think.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

Yeah, you can use any router you want, but you still have to have a modem to connect the router to.