zach_lloyd
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Greenwood, SC
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May 5th, @03:43PM
| reply to Fox McCloud
Re: Planned 100% Coverage?
I wouldn't hold your breath. My family is out of range of DSL, with DSL capabilities less than a mile in either direction of them. Local Embarq techs have stated that there is no plan to increase coverage...especially with the waning economy. I really hate it for them...so close they can taste it.
And I would actually count your blessings...I'd suggest EVDO to them as it is indeed available in our area, but they have EXTREMELY shoddy reception at their location and can't even maintain a cell call connection, much less anything data related. |
Fox McCloud
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May 5th, @05:30PM
|  said by zach_lloyd  :I wouldn't hold your breath. My family is out of range of DSL, with DSL capabilities less than a mile in either direction of them. Local Embarq techs have stated that there is no plan to increase coverage...especially with the waning economy. I really hate it for them...so close they can taste it. That's the sad thing, for me--I'm only 4,400 feet from the remote terminal....so I'm well within range, the major problem is that it just doesn't have a DSLAM.
Maybe I should say "when does Embarq plan on having 100% of its remote terminals upgraded with DSLAMs?".
Yeah, I have EVDO, but I'm not as lucky as I once was; in the beginning, it was really nice...if it was like it was when I first had it, I wouldn't be as unhappy...but now, there's frequent drops, unstable bandwidth (my downloads top out at 100 KB/s...but more commonly they range from 50-85 KB/s....and it'll fluctuate between those numbers rapidly).....packet loss has increased, online gaming is far more difficult now, and latency has increased by 25+ ms.
So yeah, I still think EVDO is a great thing, just not at my location (anymore).
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