--- Michael Hipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brad De Vries wrote: > > > Call the ISP and asked if DSL really is > available at > > the address in question. They said "yes it is". > I > > asked "how it was possible that you can provide > DSL > > over Ameritech lines but Ameritech can't?" The > > salesman said, and I quote, "because we have more > > powerful equipment." > > > > My instinct is telling me to stay as far away from > > them as possible but I'm REALLY curious. Do you > all > > think I should follow my instincts or should I > pursue > > a relationship with them (until they realize they > > can't provide what they promise)? > > The phone companies tend to be very conservative > with distances so it is > indeed possible that another ISP could reach the > spot. That said, > however, speed and reliability is always a rapidly > diminishing quantity > with distance and line quality. Some DSL equipment > will reach 50k feet > with pristine wire - but you may be down to 128kbps > long before getting > that far. And what most of us would think of as "DSL > speeds" are rarely > attainable beyond, say, 20k feet. > > Unfortunately, saying they have "more powerful > equipment" is a dum-dum > explanation. They may be ok to do business with, but > I'd get some > promises on speed (both up and down) and > reliability. And finding other > "satisfied" (or not) customers is the best to learn > anything concrete. > > Michael
I hadn't heard that you could get DSL beyond the 15K ft range (except with IDSL). I appreciate your recommendation to get customer references and further guarantees (I have a guarantee of 128K but I don't know if it's up, down or both.) I guess I should at least continue talking with them. Thanks for the info. Brad. PS, I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought it was a 'dum-dum' answer. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://mail.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
