I certainly can't say that speeds would be any different, but customer service and repair times would be better with Crocker DSL. Crocker can provide DSL anywhere Verizon can. Crocker is local, they care about good service for the Valley and working to provide broadband where Verizon refuses to (like here in 95% of Shutesbury and 100% of Leverett). Matt Crocker is a wonderfully accessible guy. In addition to running a nonprofit org from my home (www.policydevelopment.org), I am the chair of the official Shutesbury-Leverett Broadband Committee (http://slbc.westernmass.us). I also sit on the steering committee of the Pioneer Valley Connect (www.pioneervalleyconnect.org). I have learned a lot about telecom infrastructure in the Valley, and one key take away is that anything we can do to support Crocker (and any alternatives to Verizon) is in all of our best interests. Hope that sorta relates. Aron Goldman