Phone Services in the nation's capital, Washington, D.C., are diverse and competitive, just like elsewhere in the United States. Verizon is by far the largest local company, and they used to be the monopolist for this area of the West Coast of the USA. Verizon is one of the Regional (Baby) Bell companies. It used to be known as Bell Atlantic, but changed its name to Verizon in 2000.
After the 1996 Telecommunications Act introduced more competition into the telecoms industry, many more small competitive local exchange carriers appeared. As time passed, many of them went out of business or merged, and right now, in the metropolitan area of Washington D.C. there are no more than 50 small telephone companies offering phone services and competing with Verizon.
In the number of specific phone services these companies offer, basic residential service is the most common. Some companies offer prepaid services and only about 30 percent of companies offer high-value added services like VoIP, Internet and TV. Competition with Verizon is fierce and smaller CLEC's are in the constant confrontation with the bigger rival. In 2007, Washington, D.C., companies named Covad, Nuvox and XO Communications complained to the Wireline Competition Bureau citing difficulties caused by Verizon in offering broadband services to customers in D.C.
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Its not comparable. Analog phone service is far superior to digital phone service as far as reliability is concerned.
There are several wireless internet providers,you can try Verizon,or Sprint.
AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Straight Talk & Boost. You will find the best deal on prepaid service at either Straight Talk or Boost. Either $45 with Straight Talk or $50 with Boost buys you unlimited talk, text and web for 1 month.
No, they are not. If your power or cable goes out, likely the phone goes out too. Traditional phones also carry thier own power and are generally very dependable.