[SunRescue] Finally got DSL

[Paul Khoury]

On Sun, 31 Dec 2000 10:19:14 -0600, Bill Bradford wrote:

>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.
>
Wow.

Hmmm...  Maybe I shouldn't of gotten this?  It's actually pretty quick for me,
better than the 31200 modem speeds (my previous residence was 49333).
PacBell said I was just about on the edge of the radius from their central
office, so I dunno what I would've got with them.

Paul