landline telephone company getting bought out...

 

   We just moved to our current address two months ago.  I've been
thinking of taking advantage of Verizon's deal for DSL where you can get
DSL without local phone service (naked) for $19.99 a month.  This
includes free router/modem and 2 year contract.  The 2 year contract was
giving me pause, since I've never signed anything like that before.

   Yesterday we got a notice saying that Verizon's landline business in
the area is getting bought out by Frontier Communications.  I got on
their website, and they offer DSL for $35 a month.

   Here's my question: if I sign up for $20 a month DSL with Verizon,
and sign a 2 year agreement, does this mean that Frontier would have to
honor this for a full two years?

   I'm not sure how things are handled in such cases.  I'm a bit of a
pessimist, and I'm thinking that they would figure out a way to jack my
fees up.

   Has anyone else experienced something like this?

 

Ohioguy wrote:


is getting bought out by Frontier

Tho they might make the service so bad you dont want to continue.


and I'm thinking that they would figure

They cant, you can just stop paying if they try that.

 

@newsfe18.iad:


That's a pretty good deal. I had to have landline phone service
to get the $19.95 internet service. Which I had anyway.

This has been going on for about a year. Individual states are
finally aproving the deal.  It's not a good deal for the consumer.
Frontier offers poor broadband at too high a price.  They charge
for modem rental, They have a really low bandwidth cap.  Their
backbone is not fast enough to keep up with traffic. They don't
seem intrested in upgrading their infrastructer.


Yes.  A contract has to be honored. It simply becomes assigned
to Frontier.  Frontier has to abide by all the terms and conditions
of the contract.


That would be breach of contract.


Also; See if DSL Extreme offers service in your area.