[OT] Re: DSL Coming -- I may need help! : My ranting :)

From: Chris Kennedy <chris_at_mainecoon.com>
Date: Mon Feb 28 21:17:32 2000

Jay West wrote:
>
> Bruce wrote...
> > connection! It'll be (minimum) 256K up/downstream guaranteed, and those
> > rates could fluctuate a bit depending on the usual variables.
>
> Um... you might want to check the fine print on the DSL service agreement.
> At least in SWBell (and I strongly suspect it's also true in other DSL
> carriers infrastructure)

[Lots of perfectly accurate stuff, deleted]

To add insult to injury, here in Pac*Hell land both PB and Covad consider
DSL to be a "best effort" service; if they can't get it to work they can
just walk away from the deal.

I won't even talk about how fragile PBI's ATM backhaul from the DSLAMs
has become. Me, I'm not giving up my T1.


-- 
Chris Kennedy
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Received on Mon Feb 28 2000 - 21:17:32 GMT

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