[ale] OT: DSL in older house (no NID)

[tfreeman at intel.digichem.net]

On Fri, 16 Apr 2004, Robert Story wrote:

> My sister just called me to ask about getting DSL at her place. She lives in an
> older house that has a really thick one-pair wire running from the pole,
> through a hole in the wall, to a screw-down connector in the middle of the
> basement.
> 
> The Bellsouth people are trying to sell her a self-install kit. I'm concerned
> that she'll sign-up, I won't be able to get the self-install kit work, and
> she'll end up having to pay some exorbitant fee to have them come out and
> install a NID or some other inside wiring work.
> 
> Has anyone used DSL with such a setup before? Since Bellsouth is supposed to
> only be responsible to the outside of the house, is there some magic phrase to
> make them install a NID w/out having to pay?

One item that comes to mind; does your sister pay Bell South a maintanence 
fee each month covering the inside lines? (I pay about $4/month, and come 
close to getting my money's worth due to some older, noisy lines. But I'm 
in NC) 

Sorry I'm not more help.

> 
> The only reason I'm thinking of letting her go with Bellsouth is my recent
> fiasco w/my Speakeasy line, with them, Bellsouth and MCI all pointing fingers
> at each other when my DSL went down. I figure still w/Bellsouth the first year,
> and if it seems to be working ok, switch to somewhere cheaper later. But if not
> having a NID doesn't present any special problems, then starting w/Speakeasy
> from the beginning might be the way to go.
> 
> 
> Any thoughts, suggestions or stories of similar experiences greatly
> appreciated.
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