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LBDSL
Lightning Bolt
VIP
join:2002-01-07
Auburn Hills, MI

reply to mwdsl

Re: Earthlink DSL Speed over Qwest / Covad line

Has earthlink run any loop test and provided to your loop distance?

It sounds like you may just be too far from the CO.
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mwdsl

join:2008-09-16
Englewood, CO

They did tell me I am too far away, but I never received any documents. Now if that is the case, would a move to Qwest change anything - i.e. is it possible that their station is closer?



LBDSL
Lightning Bolt
VIP
join:2002-01-07
Auburn Hills, MI

Unless you pick up and move your house, your distance to the CO probably won't change.
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Lightning Bolt Technologies


mwdsl

join:2008-09-16
Englewood, CO

I guess that was deserved! I am not that familiar with the technological details - therefore I was assuming that maybe Qwest would connect closer to the house. I am still confused that Qwest says we are good for 20MBps - they told me there should not be a distance problem



CylonRed
Premium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County

PreQual stats are rather known for not being exact.



NetFixer
Freedom is NOT free
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The 'Boro
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reply to mwdsl

said by mwdsl:

I was assuming that maybe Qwest would connect closer to the house. I am still confused that Qwest says we are good for 20MBps - they told me there should not be a distance problem
It is possible that Qwest may be able to provide you with service from a DSLAM equipped RT, rather than from the CO. Covad's DSLAM is usually located only in the CO and they do not have access to the ILEC's RT boxes.
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History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.
-- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Test your firewall.
Smell the flowers.

mwdsl

join:2008-09-16
Englewood, CO

thanks for the feedback. Funny enough, yesterday the line ran without any problems - and at night, EL called and asked whether the connection was better. They stated that Covad had 'done something' - but they could not tell me what. What can they have done? I would like to get to a point where I understand what is going on instead of spending days getting the runaround and then 'a miracle happens'.



NetFixer
Freedom is NOT free
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said by mwdsl:

EL called and asked whether the connection was better. They stated that Covad had 'done something' - but they could not tell me what. What can they have done? I would like to get to a point where I understand what is going on instead of spending days getting the runaround and then 'a miracle happens'.
Welcome to my world. I can't begin to tell you how many times that I have seen both DSL and T1 circuits mysteriously stop malfunctioning after a telco tech simply does an intrusive test and then puts the circuit back on-line. A miracle fix is as good as a known fix as long as it is really fixed.
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History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.
-- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Test your firewall.
Smell the flowers.

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