greywolf520That's All Folks
join:2003-06-02
New Kensington, PA | reply to terrywin
Re: Sad, but sad... said by terrywin:
It's sad I still can't get DSL/Cable. 
Don't worry, your not alone.
It's even worse since I had DSL when I lived with my parents the went to cable when I moved into my apartment and now have nothing because I live in a broadband black hole.
You never realized how slow dial up is until you lose broadband.
About the dial up accelerators... They kinda of help. I have a problem with the quality of my phone line that doesn't even get me to near 56K. (more like 28.8) Since Verizon only guarentees voice over the phone lines, they won't do anything about it. The accelerator from NetZero help in gaining back some of the speed but it's still no broadband.
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 technickPremium
join:2000-12-16
Wheat Ridge, CO
kudos:1 | I had the same problem a long time time ago when living at home. The fastest I could connect was 26.4, and no matter how many times I called Bellsouth, it wouldn't get faster. I recently visited my parent's house, and plugged in the phone line to my laptop, and as I did 5 years ago, I connected, and it connected at 53k. I think it has to do with your local junction box or something.
I remember reading some where that the FCC requires telco's to provide atleast 28.8k phone quality lines. Though I don't remember where it was, it could have been just someone babling about the FCC.
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RadioDoc58ef2c0Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | reply to technick
said by technick:
I remember reading some where that the FCC requires telco's to provide atleast 28.8k phone quality lines. Though I don't remember where it was, it could have been just someone babling about the FCC.
The FCC only requires that fax and especially RTTY (terminals for deaf users) work, and that only requires 1200 bps. Most telcos will get you at least to 9.6-14.4 kbps as a minimum though depending on the local state regulatory requirements. |
