phrider
join:1999-12-17
Los Angeles, CA
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September 17th, @02:40PM
| reply to DonBrady
Re: Data line only?
I had a DSL line with no dial tone -- and SBC/AT&T interrupted service about every 6 weeks. The problem usually happened on a Friday at 6pm or so because the installers were rushing to complete their installations for the week -- and would take the "spare pair" without a dial tone without following checking procedure. The result was that I was usually down for 4 to 5 days each incident.
Do a "dry pair" or "no dial tone" install at your own risk....!
PS: This dry pair line was not through Cyberonic, but through the Sprint ION service -- which was driven out of business in part because of issues like this. (Sprint ION offered 2 IPs of full rate DSL 8 MB down/1 MB up with four VoIP lines and 1000 minutes of long distance for $150 per month in 2000-2002. Full directory assist and 911 service , too. Sigh. I still miss it, except for the service interruptions every 6 weeks by SBC.) |
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mlohrwork
join:2001-05-30
Laurel, MD
 ·Cingular Wireless
| Had Dry line data only for about 4.5 years. Verizon would disconnect at least once every 3 months and it took from 1 day to 14 days to restore service. I switched to a line share and for almost 1 year have not had a single disconnect. I have been told by a Verizon tech that the average lineman doesn't have tools to identify a dry ADSL circuit. I believe that accidents happen. When I had the dry circuit service a Verizon truck in the neighborhood usually accompanied the lose of service. Performance has been indistinguishable after installing a splitter at the side of the house. |
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