[lug] Local phone service with Comcast--any experience?

[Lee Woodworth]

Michael Hirsch wrote:
> I'm about to close on my house in boulder, so I'm going around lining
> up pwer, water, etc., services.  I was looking at local phone service.
>  Do any or you have experience with using comcast for local phone.  I
> figured I would go with it for my broadband, as that's what I've used
> in Atlanta and at my temporary housing, but I've never tried it for
> phone.
How reliable do you need it to be? I know 4 people that have had
there comcast internet connectivity go down for several hours in
the last 12 months. In one case, due to external causes it took a week
to get things fixed.

> 
> Any experience, pro or con?
> 
> If not comcast, then what?  Is Qwest the usual local phone provider?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Michael
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