[SunRescue] Finally got DSL

[Ken Hansen]

Just a note, there are several bits required for DSL service:

    - CO equipment
    - Line Quality
    - End-user "modem" (not quite, but that is how they are
      refered to in most circumstances)

SWBell may have CO equipment that can push 1.5 M/bit to you at your CO, but
the CLEC (Covad, for instance) has installed their *own* CO equipment, and
*it* can only push 144 K/bit to you.

Or, the equipment they bundle and sell you for use at home (the "modem") is
only rated for 144 K/bit, while SWBell offers a higher-speed end-user
device.

Neither is lying, but Covad is not telling you everything. For whatever
reason, *maybe* they can only *offer* 144 K/bit while SWBell can offer
higher speed. The real problem is the Covad "salesperson" who does not
understand the difference between "we only offerXXX in your area"  and "you
are located too far from your CO, so you can only get XXX" - to them it is
the same thing...

HTH,

Ken
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Bradford" <mrbill at mrbill.net>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2000 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: [SunRescue] Finally got DSL


> On Sun, Dec 31, 2000 at 02:58:04AM -0800, Paul Khoury wrote:
> > www.cais.net
> > Running through covad, IDSL @ 144/144
>
> That explains why you can only get 144k.
>
> I've got 1.5meg/128K ADSL from Southwestern Bell/Jump.Net.  I did a line
> qualification through Covad, and from the *SAME CENTRAL OFFICE* that my
> existing line is coming out of, they said "uh, we can only give you 144K,
> thats all you qualify for."  I then told them "then what the hell is this
> 1.5meg/128k line, that I have coming through my wall?"  They just stood
> around and scratched their balls and went "uhhhhh...."
>
> I was working for onr.com at the time - and OnRamp eventually *dropped*
> Covad as a DSL provider due to their inability (or non-desire) to qualify
> ANY of our applications to them for more than 144K.
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