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Re: Sprint vs Comcast For Phone Service

John Levine (johnl@iecc.com)
9 Apr 2006 22:53:32 -0000

> 1) Comcast cable. ...

Their phone service almost certainly isn't Vonage-style parasitic VoIP
but rather packetcable which uses IP signalling over dedicated
bandwidth.

> 2) Sprint, which is the local LEC and DSL. ...

> Does anyone have an opinion on which will be more relieable and more
> responsive to problems?

Sprint, formerly United Telephone, has a pretty decent reputation as
an ILEC. I expect either would be fine, but if the power fails, your
Comcast phone service will depend on batteries in the box they install
on your house and in various cable boxes on the pole, while ILEC
service is usually powered from the CO.

R's,

John

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