Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 18:08:42 -0500 From: "Christian Kuhtz" <ck@gnu.org> To: "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: bellsouth dsl? Message-ID: <NEBBJKIJGLMGELMBGHEOEENLDFAA.ck@gnu.org> In-Reply-To: <20010120145808-r01010600-0835edb4@192.168.100.2>
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> 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. WAIT A SECOND. Are you also aware of the fact that the phone company would love nothing more than *NOT* to have to send out a tech? (huuuuuuge part of DSL deployment cost). This is very much dependant on the modem type, and it isn't the phone company's best interest to send a tech out. TRUST ME. ;-) Truck rolls cost mucho dinero. > 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? Nonsense. USB is 12Mbps or 1.5MBps. http://www.usb.org/faq/ans2.html#q1 > That's a slow > down when PacBell tells me that I can get 384K-1.5MB/sec downstream. They probably are telling you that you can get 384Kbps to 1.5Mbps downstream. Megabits, not megabytes. > So yeah, I think they're trying to screw you on that one. You think, huh? I find this rather amusing ;-) > I really really REALLY don't like the phone company...if you didn't notice. No comment. But it would help if you get your facts straight first, and perhaps things look just a little different. Thanks, Chris -- Christian Kuhtz <ck@arch.bellsouth.net> -wk, <ck@gnu.org> -hm Sr. Architect, Engineering & Architecture, BellSouth.net, Atlanta, GA, U.S. "I speak for myself only." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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