[ale] alternative to dial-up

Preston Boyington PBoyington at polyengineering.com
Tue Dec 9 11:06:48 EST 2003


i have recently moved to a rural area and am having trouble with my internet
connection.  actually it is my telephone service as a whole, someone's
electric fence is "bleeding" into my line.  the consistant "hummmm pop,
hummmm pop, hummmm pop" is allowing me to connect at a blistering 21600 on a
good night.  needless to say, i am looking at a different way to connect for
my internet connection.  cable and dsl are (according to official sources) 5
years away, at best.

the telephone company (CenturyTel) says they are uninterested in running a
new line or tracing the problem, so i am stuck as they are the only service
in the area.

has anyone used DirecWav or some other similar service?  i plan on looking
at "dslreports" later today, but was curious if anyone had a suggestion.

preston



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