Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 14:58:07 -0800 From: randy // fBSD <freebsd@randys.org> To: Drew Sanford <drew@planetwe.com> Cc: Christian Kuhtz <ck@gnu.org>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "Mark B. Withers" <mwithers@one.net>, Bill Moran <wmoran@mail.iowna.com> Subject: Re: bellsouth dsl? Message-ID: <20010120145808-r01010600-0835edb4@192.168.100.2> In-Reply-To: <3A6A124F.3060200@planetwe.com>
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On 1/20/01, Drew Sanford wrote:
> Actually they *insist* on sending a tech with this modem. The trick is,
> let them hook it up to anything thats running winders and has a NIC in
> it, then when they leave, plug it into whatever you want to.
That's BS. I have PacBell DSL and I could have set the thing up myself on my MAC.
I have a Alcatel SpeedTouch. The only thing that I couldn't do was the actuall
line splitting on the box outside (mainly because it was in a locked box!). I
think they just want to dip into your wallet.
Personally, I think they know the USB modems are slower than the ethernet ones and
can't give them away, so they're charging you for the good ones to discourage
people form using them. I mean, come on, USB is what, 1.2MB/Sec? That's a slow
down when PacBell tells me that I can get 384K-1.5MB/sec downstream.
So yeah, I think they're trying to screw you on that one.
I really really REALLY don't like the phone company...if you didn't notice.
more .02¢ from randy
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