[ale] OT: a question on cable connections

[Jim Philips]

I'm talking about reaching the end of my rope in attempts to get naked DSL
working. Since the tech support at AT&T is not competent enough to even tell
me what they have done to try and solve the problem, I'm ready to give up
and go cable. But I want to anticipate possible technical problems there
too.

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:32 AM, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com>wrote:

> Jim Philips wrote:
> > I'm at the end of my rope on getting naked DSL to work from AT&T. So, I
> > have a question on cable connections: Is it best to hook up my cable
> > modem to a separate jack from my television? Or should I use the same
> > jack and have a splitter? If so, what kind of splitter? Where would I
> > get it?
>
> I'm confused.  You mention cable and TV, dsl should be coming in on
> copper.  What does your TV have to do with it?  Or are you talking about
> power???
>
> >
> > AT&T has been absolutely useless in solving the problems that arose
> > since I went to naked DSL. I have had two visits from technicians who
> > looked in the house and tried stuff, but nothing changed. They told me a
> > taeh was coming to check the box outside the house. They now say he came
> > (I never saw him) but nothing has changed at all. The connection drops
> > every twenty minutes or so.
> >
> >
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> Until later, Geoffrey
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