http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20426087 en Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:47:28 EDT Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:47:28 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20426087 Doctor Olds : It is VoIP using a remote ATA located in the DSLAM also known as LPV (Line Powered Voice) since it still has power (and dial tone) to it even if the house electricity is off.

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The bundled DSL is ADSL2+ and if you are close enough then it can supply 8.0/1.0 service.

Regards,

Doctor Olds
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What’s the point of owning a supercar if you can’t scare yourself stupid from time to time?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20426087 Sat, 03 May 2008 13:53:30 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20425991 aurgathor : I just got some mass mailing from Earthlink, and looking at the prices, I could save over $15/month vs. Verizon on a phone/DSL bundle.

Questions:
a) what kind of phone service they have? I'm already using VoIP (skype) for all my toll calls.

b) what about their DSL? I currently have 3/768 from VZ, and aside from the DHCP server annoyances, it's very reliable.

TIA

Edit: I checked out their site, and that did answer a few questions, bur the specs of their DSL is not well defined: "up to 1.5 Mbps" -- I assume they don't mean UL... :p
Is that 1.5/384 or 1.5/128? And is it PPoE? Do they have a news server? (for "text" groups -- I'm not a binary junkie)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20425991 Sat, 03 May 2008 13:34:51 EDT