[ale] DSL

[James P. Kinney III]

I can add to this as I just went through it (speakeasy is speedy!)
When you move your phone from Bellsouth to _anything_ else, bellsouth
does 2 things:
1. They purge your data from their database so no DSL provider can get
the info they need to determine if you have access to DSL capable CO
hardware.
2. They move your phone connection to non-DSL capable hardware in the
CO.

In short, Bellsouth exercises their monopoly over the last mile of wire
very well.

On Mon, 2003-05-05 at 13:27, Matt Smith wrote:
> I have some bad news for you.  It's some info your new local phone provider
> probably didn't offer up.
> 
> If you change local phone service providers (from BellSouth to say, MCI,
> etc) not only do you lose your current DSL, but it is not likely that you
> will be able to get a replacement.  It has to do with what happens when you
> actually change providers - it's usually a physical change of whose
> equipment the other end of your line terminates at.  It may not be as
> physical now (as it once was), but in any case, in every situation I've been
> in when offered a change of local providers when asked if making this change
> would affect my DSL, they said "Yes, you will not be able to have DSL" and
> the conversation ended there.
> 
> I hope you have cablemodem access where you live. 
> 
> 
> --Matt
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tom hawks [mailto:tomhawks801 at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 1:05 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] DSL
> 
> 
> I need a new DSL provider. The problem is I don't use
> BellSouth as my local phone provider. Can anyone
> recommend a DSL provider which has no restrictions.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> tom
> 
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