bear73
Metnav... Fly The Unfriendly Skies
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join:2001-06-09
Grand Forks Afb, ND
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Re: Why bother
Qwest is lazy. I am 16.2K ft from the CO. Qwest swore up and down that I could NOT get DSL. After fighting with them for a month, shooting my line (I maintain electronic equipment and phone lines for the USAirForce) testing for balance, dB loss, noise, and such I finally gave up trying to work with them. Started looking for a provider not allied with Qwest. Found Speakeasy/Covad. They got me up in no time. No matter how many times I tried to get Qwest to work on my line, even if I were willing to pay for the tech call/rollout, they wouldnt do it. I will not reccomend anyone in my area to go through Qwest. |
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Anonymous_Alaska
@gci.net | reply to timecop1111
Yeah, Nome does.
It's got a COM21 based Cable-modem system.. Highest speeds are 1024K.
The disadvantage is that Internet traffic is delivered via Satellite, so latency is horrible. Gaming is impossible. Web surfing is fine, though. |
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pfish
join:2001-11-26
Davis, CA | reply to TheDarkElf
Wait for an RT (Remote Terminal). TelCos run fiber from the CO to a remote location to make DSL avail. to customers outside of the normal distance area. |
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Count Hogula$
Notorious Dog
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join:2002-06-19
Corona, CA
| reply to chuq
Excellent point Chug;
It is amazing how ATTB advertises on major network outlets here in LA when they have very little service area here...and even less service area serving ATTBi. You would think they would just do direct mail and call it done...directly targeting the homes that they can service. Telling me about all these great services like Telephony while not offering it doesn't do much good. And really...what's the point. It's like our local electric company...Edison International. They even have Anaheim Angels Stadium named after them (Edison Field of Anaheim). All the while you ask...why does an electricity monopoly need to advertise...it's not like we have a choice.
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chuq
@riv-eres.charterpipe
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Count Hogula$ 
| reply to BogusName
"In the US, it's ENTIRELY about fighting over who'll make the money and the people be damned."
You forgot to mention about the cable & telcos giving us big marketing hand jobs all the while to make us feel like we're getting the best deal in the world. If at least one carrier got a damn clue and put at least half of what they spend on marketing into REAL customer service, equipment, and a more than half-assed attempt at building a network then I bet they'd do quite well for themselves. But that's what common sense would dictate. All those genius telco execs with their MBAs and that business-speak alien language will tell you otherwise. Swell. |
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stirgeon
join:2002-07-29
San Jose, CA
|  reply to Count Hogula$
Holy *ish! This cat did not say "Customer Cornholing Machine"!!! That had me cracking up at work man. Nice!
said by Count Hogula$ :
Do we actually think for a moment that US telcos will adopt anything decent? Please...if it's not a patented US currency printing press or a customer cornholing machine...they won't be interested.
[text was edited by author 2002-12-05 17:18:07]
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DrTCP
Yours truly
Premium,ExMod 1999-04
join:1999-11-09
Round Rock, TX
| reply to Count Hogula$
said by Count Hogula$ :
Do we actually think for a moment that US telcos will adopt anything decent? Please...if it's not a patented US currency printing press or a customer cornholing machine...they won't be interested.
They will be interested.
Yes, in terms of extra coverage and bandwidth the new standard will be just a refinement but increased remote diagnostic capabilities and better handling of noise will reduce deployment (truck roll) and support costs. Some customers at the edge of the their loops will be able to get somewhat more stable connections.
Besides new chipsets will be ADSL2 anyways so they will get it like it or not.
Oh, many of the features of this technology is US patented (coming from Aware Inc »www.aware.com ) Plus it will be a standard under ISO which USA is a member of. |
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Howard Brazee
@cusys.edu
| reply to Clewin
It might be good enough. QWEST told me for years that I was too far away to get DSL. One company even tried installing it on QWEST's equipment.
QWEST still thinks I can't get it. But I went to Earthlink and they installed it anyway. As long as I have something that looks like DSL, acts like DSL, and is called DSL by Earthlink, it doesn't matter what QWEST thinks. |
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zoom314
Superman
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join:2001-04-30
Yermo, CA
| reply to Clewin
Well It could be worse, I could be stuck on dial-up and I just sold All of My dial-up modems 3-56k & 1-28.8k, So I'm on Charter Pipeline to stay, unless Verizon (ex-GTE) DSL comes My way. Not very Likely to be available near Me anytime soon I might add.:(
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Clewin
@metaphasetech.com | reply to radougherty
no, it's ADSL, so it's much faster than IDSL. Typical speeds I've seen offered are 784/384 and 640/128, depending on area and provider. It doesn't appear there's going to be much of a speed improvement, though. |
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Clewin
@metaphasetech.com
| reply to zoom314
600 feet is... almost... enough...
dang.
I'm 800 feet away from the second closest switching station, and since Qwest won't upgrade mine (apparently because they're broke, or something), so I need to get DSL from the further station (meaning only IDSL is available). If they could boost it another 200 feet or so, this would be great technology! Ah, well, guess I'm stuck with AT&T broadband for a while longer. |
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clickwir
join:2001-06-21
Dickson City, PA
| reply to Count Hogula$
Well also consider that the distance from the CO to the house can usually be tested... they usually test by measuring the load on the line. The more things you have plugged into the line (phones, fax, pc, callerID, etc.) all make the load more. Actually having a DSL modem as the only thing hooked to a given phone line will add about 9,000feet worth of "load" if someone were to check it from the CO. Most regular phones add about 1k-4kfeet of "load" to a line.
So unless they come out to the house and disconnect your phone line from the grey box (NID) and hook up the equipment there, it's very possible that it could be inaccurate by a few thousand feet. |
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BogusName
@sympatico.ca
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| reply to NanneBooBoo
In Norway (and several other countries), it's about getting technology to the people that want it.
In the US, it's ENTIRELY about fighting over who'll make the money and the people be damned. |
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Ramone
@co.uk | reply to Count Hogula$
maybe he should have said UK and not Japan...where we have only just started having a 'reasonable' coverage with 0.5 mb ADSL! |
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NanneBooBoo
@opera.com
| reply to timecop1111
I'm an American which has experienced both U.S. and Norway. I had great cable modem access in Clearwater, FL.. well until the network saturated and my original 300K bytes/sec downloads rarely ever were seen. Instead I came to expect maybe 30K bytes/sec.
Here in Norway, although deployment is a bit slow in some areas, government regulations require 98% or better coverage on all technologies from the Telco. This means that even though at the moment only 50% (estimated by me) can get up to 1024/256, within 2 years, 98% of the country will be able to get at least that much.
I personally receive 1024/512 for approximately $60 monthly which is about the same as $48/month + norwegian taxes.
Remember, this is Norway a fairly large country (california sized and mountainous) with a spread out small population (4.5 million). If they can do it, it's terribly pathetic that it isn't being done in the U.S.. |
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radougherty
join:1999-07-23
Austin, TX | reply to supportguy8
Are you talking about something new or the same old IDSL that's only 144Kbps/144Kbps? |
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Count Hogula$
Notorious Dog
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join:2002-06-19
Corona, CA
| reply to timecop1111
said by timecop1111:
Dude. When you bash "shitty american DSL", always remember about other countries. Japan, for example, with its overpriced and non-existent coverage. Hell, Nome, Alaska probably has better broadband than majority of japs.
Entire country is stuck on 64k ISDN hahahaha, in 2003.
Nice fiction guy. Other people from those countries report differently.
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TimeOut42
@swbell.ne | reply to timecop1111
My father lives in southern Mexico and has DSL at 256/128. It's a town that is smaller than many US cities that don't have DSL yet. |
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ijin
@co.jp
| reply to timecop1111
Umm...
12MBps ADSL has been available here in Japan for a while now for the price of roughly $20US/month. For $60US, you could even get FTTH (Fiber to the Home) - 100Mbps (although in practice, you only get about 40Mbps, but symmetrically). Nowadays, only the rural areas of Japan aren't covered by broadband. Perhaps you should pay attention to current events since you happen to live there (based on your domain). |
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Michael S
@bradea.com | reply to timecop1111
Dude, I live in Tokyo and I got 12MBit/s ADSL for about $25/month. So. |
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