AT&T Southwest → Re: What would be involved switching DSL line ISP's?

said by CCCMTech:

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Ramp up doesnt apply to all ISPs and ASI keeps you locked at a speed for s reason, if your paying for a higher speed and ADSL Guy can raise it I'm sure he or toaster2k would gladly give you the most your line can handle within your billplan...

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Ok, let me explain my concern.

My concern is that my current line (which is good and solid) gets turned off, and then I'm provisioned on a new line, which is not so good and solid. Rather then fix the line, your speed just gets capped low.

I'm sure ADSLGuy would give me the highest cap the line could take, but even he can't authorize someone to fix a line *so that higher speeds* can be reached.

Basically, if/when migrated to SBC/Yahoo, I'll find myself in this situation:

Good DSL Service. Poor ISP.

I don't want to reverse this by ending up with:

Good ISP, poor DSL service. You mentioned connectivity earlier. I said it's not the ONLY thing, but it is the main thing. You don't want to cut your speed in half just to change ISP's. It's silly. Also, this method costs more for everyone, I can't believe they do it this way.

Not sure how you mean, no matter who your ISP your lines still go through ASI, if it is rock solid now then it will be rock solid then, same equipment being used...

We are not a monopoly, far from it, biggest thing is how reliable is the other ISPs rbacks, news, email, PHP, support, support software, etc. Things to look into before switching since that is what your after I believe.

The concern is not the DSLAM's or the Modem or the DSL equipment, which would be the same. The concern is the Physical LINE or pair itself.

When I first got DSL on this line, there were some problems with it. Intermittant faults, interference, Possible bridge tap, etc. SBC got it repaired and it's been great now.

--- But --- here's the problem. Let's say I get reprovisioned on a different line/pair/run whatever, and there's problems like before. Under the new rules, because of my distance to the CO *SBC will not fix it*. They would simply cap the line down until they could get good sync....

--Unless-- What you are saying is that the DSL would go over the exact same line I have now. If that's the case, that is good news, but I can't get anybody to say for sure that's what happens, although it appears that's what CCCMTech just said.

I don't think there is any RT's around here.
I would hate to lose my solid DSL line and have to go to cable or something else. Bah!

Your telephone number comes from a CO over a certain pair, if you put it back on that number it has to use what it's connected to, only thing that may change is port and shelf and stuff at the rback and maybe CO but the line itself is the same...

Your DSL signal will go over the same pair unless you order DSL through another ISP that can offer it to you and you order a new line with it. Either way, the long haul of the distance will probably not change. Also, unless you can get a better route through another ISP, which I seriously doubt unless you are local to their network gateway, you will see worse performance.

This is all interesting info.

Thanks!