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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.

zoom314
Superman
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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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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.

bear73
Metnav... Fly The Unfriendly Skies
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Grand Forks Afb, ND
·Midcontinent Commu..

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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