wmcbrine
Touched by His Noodly Appendage
join:2002-12-30
Laurel, MD | Upload speeds
Couldn't find these anywhere except in the linked thread: 1.5 Mbps up for 8 Mbps down; 384 Kbps up for 1.5 Mbps down. |
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King P
Don't blame me. I voted for Ron Paul
Premium
join:2004-11-17
Inman, SC
 ·Windstream
 ·Charter Pipeline
| Those are pretty good upload speeds too. I currently have 1.5 Mbps down and 768 Kbps up from Speakeasy (via Covad). I can't wait until Covad unleashes ADSL 2 in my area.
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webtechy
join:2002-02-28
Santa Clara, CA | reply to wmcbrine
»www.earthlink.net/voice/bundles/···mephone/
Interesting how Covad is cheaper from anyone else excep for Covad when it comes to home users |
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kapil
The Kapil
join:2000-04-26
Chicago, IL
1 edit | There are some contractual obligations which prevent Covad from competing with its partners. Besides, it's a better strategy....this way cash-strapped Covad only has to bill, support and deal with 100 resellers instead of 100,000 end users which probably results in higher profit margins and less headaches. This also frees Covad to concentrate on "business" customers who tend to generate higher revenue per circuit with much, much lower churn rate. |
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kapil
The Kapil
join:2000-04-26
Chicago, IL |  Chicago!!!
Chicago is on the list! Yay!!!  |
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GhostDoggy
join:2005-05-11
Duluth, GA
| I'm betting only a limited number offices will be used.
I cannot imagine COVAD and Earthlink actually deploying to beyond the CO-installed equipment. And BellSouth has a ton of remotes that COVAD doesn't have. I'd be curious to know the failure rates (i.e. those applied for and not serviceable) in BellSouthland. |
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XBL2009
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join:2001-01-03
Chicago, IL | at&t
Do you still need to pay your local phone company or is it a complete deal ? |
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Goober
Premium
join:2000-12-17
Naperville, IL
·Comcast
·WOW Internet and C..
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Re: Chicago!!!
said by kapil  :Chicago is on the list! Yay!!! I wonder if that means Chicagoland as well. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I would sign up in a heartbeat. |
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tquan
join:2001-09-13
Mountain View, CA | reply to XBL2009
Re: at&t
in this plan, you don't pay your local phone company at all (of course, some portion of the plan cost includes renting the dry pair from your local phone company, so you're still paying them, just indirectly) |
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tquan
join:2001-09-13
Mountain View, CA | reply to Goober
Re: Chicago!!!
in san francisco and san jose, most if not all suburban areas of the cities were covered. |
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Michieru2
zzz zzz zzz
Premium
join:2005-01-28
Miami, FL | reply to King P
Re: Upload speeds
This is good news for me since I live in Miami, that means my CO is ADSL2 compatible and Speakeasy might be able to arrange something with Covad to move me to a package if not just wait till they support it. |
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sporkme
drop the crantini and move it, sister
Premium,MVM
join:2000-07-01
Morristown, NJ
·Optimum Online
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said by kapil :There are some contractual obligations which prevent Covad from competing with its partners. Not at all true.
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garagerock
Premium
join:2002-06-14
Louisville, KY | reply to tquan
Re: at&t
if they will rent you a dry pair... |
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Goober
Premium
join:2000-12-17
Naperville, IL | reply to tquan
Re: Chicago!!!
Thanks for that! I hope it's the same here. |
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tquan
join:2001-09-13
Mountain View, CA
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Re: at&t
it's not the end-user/consumer renting the dry pair, it's covad. covad would not be announcing these areas for LPV deployment if they hadn't already secured the agreements with the local telcos for getting the needed dry pairs.
I have the service, so speaking from experience....my local telco (SBC) and Covad have never been on the best of terms, but in the case of my install, SBC provided the dry pair to Covad on time as scheduled. |
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loadmaster
join:2001-01-10
San Jose, CA
|  So what happens if your line goes down due to line specific issues? Many times SBC have worked on lines on my street and cut my lines. Today I call SBC they fix it. If I get this VoIP service and at7t (SBC) again cuts me line do I call SBC or Earthlink? If I call earthlink how long would it take for them to get at&t out to fix it? |
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BOGBS
Premium
join:2004-05-11
Saco, ME | basically, you'd have to call earthlink, and they'd most likely put in a ticket with SBC (or local RBOC) with a 24hr commit. Sometimes this can be pushed up by escalation (or at least in Verizon land) |
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tquan
join:2001-09-13
Mountain View, CA
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you call earthlink. earthlink works with covad and the local telco to get the right party out there. the turnaround is relatively quick, in a support call I had, it was hinted that a call from earthlink/covad to SBC regarding a line issue is normally handled by SBC within 24 hours. SBC did meet that time window for the issue I had. not sure if SBC is contractually obligated, if this is an important concern for you, ask before signing up...
of course, YMMV. if your local phone co is really bad service wise (cutting their own lines? yeesh), going into this plan won't make things better as in the end, the copper from the CO to your house is still theirs. |
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Alpine
Premium
join:2000-01-11
Atlanta, GA | Nice
Good for them. I hope it does well.
I definitely like the 8/1.5 and unlimited VOIP for $70. Not bad at all.
Adam |
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garagerock
Premium
join:2002-06-14
Louisville, KY | reply to tquan
Re: at&t
ah, so it's just like the biz class SDSL solution they offer.... |
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