 Review by nohdowt 
Posted: 9.8 years ago
member for 9.8 years, 393 visits, last login: 279 days ago
 Oakland Gardens,Queens,NY
 $59 per month (12 month contract)
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I tell ya, if I had not come across dslreports.com, I'd be still waiting for broadband! I'd been using single channel ISDN up until now.
Well, I had the site find my distance to the CO... It was less than 6000 ft. Cool...
Covad had been setup at the Bayside CO! Yay!!! DSL was available! I didn't have to wait another 6 months for Bell Atlantic to provide DSL.
Anyway dslreports.com showed me a list of ISPs, and Speakeasy got me hooked because of the free install & modem special. Then I read all these reviews. I read 'em all, they were mostly favorable. Sounds good, I was drooling.... The only stumbling block I saw was Bell Atlantic. Would they take care of their end? I had to find out.
So on the morning of Friday, 1/7 I emailed my request for 384/128, and got call back late afternoon. I asked for one static IP. Then the waiting began. Speakeasy's TAC site was nice to use and very informative.
Finally on 1/19, I got an e-mail of the install dates. BA would AND DID show up as scheduled on Friday 1/21, the first day of the sudden NY snow pounding we'd take. Well, I guess was lucky because, the tech didn't have to do much since my line was already digital from ISDN. All he did was change the DSLAM over to Covad's.
On Monday 1/24, the Covad dude arrived in the first half-hour of four hour window. Cool....
He didn't have to change any wiring, since I had ISDN. I already had CAT5 cabling going to the NID. He hooked up the Efficient 5250 bridge and we got all green lights after a minute. Cool...
He said I was one of the lucky ones because wiring/connection problems are common with BA. Thank God BA wired me up properly when I got ISDN. Since DSL is still in its infant stages, a lot more training and experience is needed before it's installed with relative ease.
Anyway, I'm chugging along at the rated speeds. I had to edit my RWIN to get it, too. It works great, I really like it.
I'll give Speakeasy the fifth star in 'Value for money' when their NY POP finally arrives. The lag is too great for me to enjoy my Quake game. But the fast web browsing and downloads, the non-existent dialup, plus bandwidth sharing convenience will keep me satisfied until then.
The drooling stops here... 
John T.
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