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TheDarkElf
Thehappyelf

join:2001-02-12
Mclean, VA
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Re: Why bother

i agree, i want DSL. but 600 feet aint gonna cut it to get as far as i am. *Worthless technology alert*
permalink · 2002-12-05 19:02:04 · Reply to this

zoom314
Superman
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join:2001-04-30
Yermo, CA

Re: Why bother

said by TheDarkElf See Profile:
i agree, i want DSL. but 600 feet aint gonna cut it to get as far as i am. *Worthless technology alert*
Yeah, 600 feet is Totally Worthless at 26,600 feet versus 16,000 feet Verizon (ex-GTE) maximum or 10,600 feet to go before I could get ADSL, Which is about how far My CO is from where I live. The Best I can do is Charter Pipeline, But I'm on a New Network that has very few problems and was recently completed where I live (in My part of town at least). So I'll stay with Charter, ISDN is available via Verizon, And ISDN is costly Internet Access with Verizon (ex-GTE) and is not much better than Dialup too.
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permalink · 2002-12-05 20:25:15 · Print · Reply to this

Clewin

@metaphasetech.com

Re: Why bother

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.
permalink · 2002-12-06 11:32:59 · Reply to this

zoom314
Superman
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join:2001-04-30
Yermo, CA

Re: Why bother

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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the Ultimate power in the universe,Kryptonite!
permalink · 2002-12-06 12:36:30 · Reply to this

Howard Brazee

@cusys.edu

 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.
permalink · 2002-12-06 12:48:02 · Reply to this

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.
permalink · 2002-12-08 14:55:00 · Print · Reply to this
supportguy8

join:2002-11-13
New Glarus, WI

 A technology that I've started seeing is IDSL, using ISDN technology to get the DSL signal out way past the 18kft mark.

Cisco has the hardware and its started to be sold by TDS is some markets. I haven't seen the training info on it yet, but its much more promising than an extra 600 feet - why even bother reporting 600 extra feet?
permalink · 2002-12-06 03:26:51 · Reply to this
radougherty

join:1999-07-23
Austin, TX

Re: Why bother

Are you talking about something new or the same old IDSL that's only 144Kbps/144Kbps?
permalink · 2002-12-06 09:03:25 · Reply to this

Clewin

@metaphasetech.com

Re: Why bother

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.
permalink · 2002-12-06 11:38:34 · Reply to this
pfish

join:2001-11-26
Davis, CA		 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.
permalink · 2002-12-06 15:20:06 · Reply to this
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