[ale] BellSouth and ADSL (again)...

[Jeff Walters]

On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> Try Mindspring for DSL instead of Bellsouth. Bellsouth
> was supposed to install ADSL for me today. I took half
> a day off from work and they never showed up or
> called. Their customer support was horrible (I caught
> them lying to me.) Even the link on their web site to
> contact residential internet support by email is
> currently broken.
> 

Exactly the same thing happened to me.  I sat at home from 11-2 for a no show,
no call.  After a couple of calls to complain it turns out the technician did
come out here to test my line later that afternoon and I don't qualify but I'm
"close" and I should "call back in 4 weeks"... no explanation what that meant.

On a related topic I've got a couple of questions about what you can actually DO
with ADSL from Linux:  run a web server for myself and friends?  email server? 
FTP server?  All for non-commercial, low-bandwidth use, but I'm just wondering
if there's a gotcha to prevent being a server from in-home ADSL service.  Does
anyone know the short answer or know a link to a FAQ for these questions?


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