[ale] OT: Comcast

[KingBahamut]

on the back of my car -- "Will work for Bandwidth"

=)

Im stuck with comcast because speedfactory cant get me anything to the
house.

How much are full/frac T1s going for these days?


On 6/7/06, Steve Brown <braino420 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> >Message: 3
> >Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 17:27:18 -0400
> >From: Bob Toxen <transam at verysecurelinux.com>
>
> >Subject: Re: [ale] OT: Comcast
> >To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> >Message-ID: <20060606212718.GA10583 at verysecurelinux.com>
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> >
> >According to BellSouth (about 6 months ago), you can get their
> >high-speed fiber Internet (3M or 6M) EVEN IF YOU DON'T have local phone
> >service with them.  (I switched to Covista, though I'm not all that happy
> >with Covista and may switch back).
> >
> >They quoted me an extra $5/mo for Internet if I don't have phone service
> >with BellSouth.  Again, that was 6 months ago.
>
> Hmm, this isn't true with Speedfactory. I emailed them to tell them I do
> not have a local phone line, because we all use cell phones. Here is their
> reply:
>
> Mr. Brown,
>
> We are currently unable to provide DSL without a local phone line by
> BellSouth.
> Within the next few months we should be able to offer 'dry-copper' DSL,
> which does not require a BellSouth phone line to ride on.
> Thank you for using Speed Factory!
>
> They better get that dry-copper going by August, or I may have to renew my
> contract with Comcast... =/
>
> -Steve
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