[ale] OT: DSL with no phone number

[Adrin]

Reminds me of the cable hack.

someone figured out that when you order cable broadband you got a cable signal with it.
Some people put in a special splitter and got free cable.  The Cable companies were not to
happy.  I don't know what ever became of it.

Adrin


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> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org]On Behalf Of Dow
> Hurst
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 10:51 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] OT: DSL with no phone number
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>
> Well, you can drop long distance and all the extras for a
> very basic service.  It would be interesting if you could
> even drop down to pulse instead of tone.  I think you could
> get the bill down between $17-$25 per month that way.
> Dow
>
>
> James Sumners wrote:
> > Sadly, believes and possibility are two different things. I wish they would pass
> > a law or something (I don't know how it works) so that it would be possible. The
> > only reason I have phone service is to get DSL. I don't care about VoIP or
> > anything like that - I just want an internet connection for the price of the
> > connection.
> >
> > On 13 Jan 2004 09:26:23 -0500
> > Christopher Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Last night on The Screen Savers Patrick stated that Georgia was the only
> >>state that believes you should be able to get DSL without a phone line
> >>or local phone service.  I've been wanting to switch to VOIP so I can
> >>get all the services at a fraction of the cost of land-line phone
> >>service.  The problem is that I have DSL so I thought I can not
> >>terminate my land-line service.  Is it true that I can?
> >>
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