[ale] Recommendations/Caveats re: acquiring DSL service

[danscox at mindspring.com (Danny Cox)]

On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 15:25, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> If you don't mind paying more for the connection, SDSL is often
> available when ADSL is not. It costs more because it requires a seperate
> line. But in the 1.5 years I had SDSL through Mindspring, it NEVER went
> down. Not even a hiccup! 
> 
> On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 15:01, Transam wrote:
> > Avoid AT&T MediaOne unless you have absolutely no alternatives.  Their
> > crummy modem craps out every hour under heavy load requiring power cycling.
> > They absolutely refuse to take me beyond initial hold (after three times
> > of over half an hour each).  Even a letter to a VP did not even get a reply.
> > 
> > You've been warned.  BellSouth: pretty please run DSL to my area.

	I'm using AT&T Broadband, too.  I purchased the Motorola modem, and
havn't noticed any problems.   Yet ;-).

	Just my 0.02 Euro.

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Danny


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