[ale] OT: DSL with Telocity

[Jeff Hubbs]

Just to add a data point, my Telocity DSL almost never goes down and can
pull down a sustained 1300Kb/s over above-ground and scraggly-looking phone
lines.  I would think that above-ground wires would cause performance
problems, but so far, that really hasn't been the case.

- Jeff

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin J. Schmidt [mailto:kschmidt at netrail.net]
> Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2000 7:59 PM
> To: Jim
> Cc: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] OT: DSL with Telocity
> 
> 
> 
> I hope your phone lines are buried. If you have phone lines above the
> ground, then your ADSL could totally suck. I ordered MindLink 
> ADSL and had
> to get rid of it and get Road Runner. The ADSL was constantly 
> up and down,
> and not to mention slow! I know of a few other MindLink ADSL 
> customers who
> are seeing the exact same problems, and they all have above 
> ground phone
> lines. I think part of the problem is due to the fact that phone lines
> aren't shielded as well as cable lines. Your phone line is subject to
> environmental interference.
> 
> The Road Runner stuff works great! I highly recommend it.
> 
> On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 08:50:29AM -0400, Jim wrote:
> > I would love to have signed up with Telocity. But they kept 
> insisting
> > DSL wasn't available from my phone line. Mindspring said it was
> > available and got me hooked up right away. 
> > 
> > Jonathan Rickman wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Glenn C. Lasher Jr. wrote:
> > > 
> > > >
> > > > I have heard a lot of good things about Telocity.  I 
> ordered it 117 days
> > > > ago and still haven't been able to connect.  I am 
> canclling on Friday if
> > > > it isn't up, and ordering Road Runner instead.  It's 
> too bad, really,
> > > > because of the linux-friendly nature of Telocity, and 
> the static IP, but I
> > > > had to draw the line when I found that their home 
> wiring department had
> > > > been sitting on my case for 3 weeks.
> > > 
> > > I don't know anything about Telocity in the Atl area but 
> I must ask this
> > > to save some confusion...
> > > 
> > > Glenn,
> > > 
> > > Aren't you the one who moved to NY? If so...your 
> experiences there may be
> > > irrelevant. Not a flame...I just hate to see one bad 
> apple spoil the whole
> > > bunch. I've heard nothing but good things about Telocity. 
> Maybe it's a
> > > regional problem.
> > > 
> > > If I'm wrong about Glenn's locale, disregard.
> > > 
> > > --
> > > Jonathan Rickman
> > > X Corps Security
> > > http://www.xcorps.net
> > > 
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