[lug] Followup experience with DSL at the Horizons

Michael Pedersen marvin at netinfra.net
Mon Apr 17 15:20:37 MDT 2000


"Harris, James A (Jim)" wrote:
> I thought some of you might be vaguely interested in this loooong time
> running topic of DSL in Superior, specifically at the Horizons.  A while ago
> it was announced that Flexcomm was going to be offering up to 1Mb/s DSL at
> the Horizons.  Well, after some waiting and a couple of "hey, how's it going
> phone calls", it was installed Saturday.

I got lucky, and got mine installed on Friday.  Overall, I've got to
agree with your review, though.  VERY good throughput, very good,
knowledgeable tech who was curious about Linux.  My only problem at all
was SimCom itself screwed up my lines pretty badly, so they had to take
down my second phone line to install DSL.  Not bad, though, and not
Flexcomm's fault.

However, I did have one snag: I requested the superflex service (1mbps,
2 ips, etc), and was planning on using it this past weekend from my
mother-in-law's house (ssh is GREAT!). However, they had some problems
in my area, preventing me from getting good access to my machine.  Not
the best way to start a new relationship, but as long as it was only a
hiccup, I can tolerate it.

Overall review: Good people, good company, good service.  Long term
review will tell if my hiccup was just a hiccup or an ongoing problem.





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