Ok, the problem with my number taking over a month to port was Verizon's fault and mostly due to the strike, Finally got ported today after waiting 31 days. It took a dozen calls to get a person in their porting department to release a service hold (put in place they said was to prevent "slamming" or the theft of my number. Speed test result, as I said are not what I was told when I ordered service. My DSL connection was 3mbps, I was promised "10 times faster than DSL" when I first called to inquired about installation in late April. Yes, I did in fact chat with support last evening about all 3 issues, slow speed, phantom data loss and the porting issue. I was told in the chat session that my account would be credited for what I was charged for VOIP when I was not using it. Have not seen that credit yet. If speed can be improved and the dat
loss issue resolved, I will stick with Hughes. If I was lied to about the speed, not so much. I will perform the data loss test and post my results tomorrow.