>I am out in the not very wilds of Oxfordshire in England's green and >pleasant land. My order for ADSL was today turnd down by what is >effectively the national monopolist, British Telecom. The grounds given >are: "the line quality is too poor and would not guarantee an acceptable >level of service.". > >I am in fact three miles from the telephone exchange as the crow flies >and about five by cable run. Can this really be a problem for them? Or >are they just to tight fisted to fix the cable and whatever boosters may >be attached?
Although you may be 5 miles by what you think is the cable distance, often it can be MUCH MUCH more. Its not unusual for cable to run in a totally different direction, to then loop back before it gets to a location. Also, depending on the age of the cable, and what other problems it may have, it could honestly be too poor for DSL. And they may not have many options for fixing it depending on the reasons it is bad. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
