[ale] bandwidth competition (changing the subject)

[Stephen R. Blevins]

Having worked for a Regional Bell Operating Company (USWest, before it 
got absorbed by Qwest), I can confirm that, indeed, the test signal 
*can* cleanup line problems.  Not always, but it *is* worth requesting.  
Hope that can help.

Stephen R. Blevins
srblevi at worldnet.att.net



Jim Lynch wrote:
> Pete Hardie wrote:
>   
>>
>>
>> Sounds like the idea of the muni installing and paying for teh fiber
>> with tax money, and franchising the connections.
>>
>> Still more OT rant - my DSL was slow this evening.  12.5 Kbps slow.
>>
>> I call the DSL service line, and ask if there is any issue - no, no
>> issue.  So I ask for a speed test, and the phone idiot starts to give
>> me flack about
>> the router I have.  SO I terminate the call, and behold, my speed
>> tests start running at 1.4 Mbps again....
>>
>> I hate when they start to make me run useless tests on my equipment
>> BEFORE they run a simple test on their stuff.
>>
>>   
>>     
> Sounds like the AT&T of old.  In the '70s I worked in a data center that 
> purchased leased lines from Ma Bell.  We had AT&T modems, AT&T lines and 
> AT&T connection blocks.  If we had a problem we called one vendor.  It 
> was pretty nice, cause if we pumped data into one end and it didn't come 
> out the other, it was one phone call to get it fixed.  However they 
> never, and I mean NEVER fixed anything.  When a line went out, we 
> called, they checked and said they couldn't find anything wrong.  Sure 
> enough, the line was fine after that.  I guess their testing cleaned the 
> cobwebs out.
>
> Jim.
>
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