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I urged Verizon in 2003

Two years ago, I wrote to Verizon, explaining that more DSL users will demand higher upload speeds as they discover video IM'ing. I didn't hear back, but it was about three months later that they doubled their upload speed to 384 Kbps.

Earlier this year, they doubled their upload speed again, to 768 Kbps. According to this ZDNet article, they've doubled it a third time to 1.5 Mbps! If true, there's no more excuse for avoiding video IM. If history is precedent, existing Verizon customers must explicitly request it, and Verizon will neither inform them of this option nor encourage them to use it.

Posted by: paul613   Posted on: 08/01/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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