[ale] DSL Options

[Stephen F Nicholas]

Jeff and Glen,
I checked the telocity site, but I ran into the same distance limitations.
I'm ~8000 ft too far from the CO.  Thanks for the info though.  It looks
like IDSL or RADSL (which I haven't heard from anybody about) for me at
the moment :-(

Steve

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On Sun, 27 Aug 2000, Jeff Hubbs wrote:

> FWIW, I'm having real good luck with Telocity at the moment - worst thing that
> has happened has been a mail server down for a day or so.  One thing that I liked
> abotu Telocity vs. Speakeasy is the the Telocity service is best-speed, i.e., you
> don't pay less or more for varying bandwidth ranges.  You get what your wiring
> will give you.  My DSL modem's stats page says that it peaked at ~1.5Mbps inbound
> today .
> 
> - Jeff
> 
> "Glenn C. Lasher Jr." wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 26 Aug 2000, Stephen F Nicholas wrote:
> >
> > > My box is a RedHat 6.1.
> > >
> > > Questions about DSL:  I'm ~8500 feet too far from the CO.  So ADSL is out.
> > > Checking out http://www.dslreports.com/reviews/93 reveals that I'm
> > > eligible for IDSL from Phoenix and Speakeasy at 144kb access.  There's
> > > also RADSL from Covad (this also includes Speakeasy above.)
> >
> > Heard good things about RR in my area, but I have heard bad, too.  I have
> > an order outstanding for ADSL from Tlocity.  You might check with them if
> > they offer IDSL or RADSL, but I mention them because they do not require a
> > contract.
> >
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