On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 21:20:59 -0500 "David A. Bandel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> professed:
> The distance is "measured" electronically over the circuit. While I > agree then fiber part is bunk, they do have to have transitional > equipment to change DSL from copper to fiber and back. DSL wasn't > designed for fiber, and there's an additional penalty with the extra > equipment involved. > > Now, it really doesn't matter that there's a DSLAM'd CO close by. You > have to go by the CO you're actually connected to. I've seen offices > across the street (literally) from a CO that couldn't get DSL because > they were too far away (their CO was miles away in fact). Phone company > is not going to rerun all their lines just for you. I absolutely agree. I wouldn't expect them to. But to use a false premise to justify a lie about their ability to give service to a customer is criminal in my book.... Shawn _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
