[lug] Re: LUG digest, Vol 1 #292 - 11 msgs

[Michael Stephenson]

speaking of CO locations what is the closest CO to Louisville @(corner of
Dillon and McClaslin Blvd.???

> From: lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us
> Reply-To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 12:00:38 -0600
> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Subject: LUG digest, Vol 1 #292 - 11 msgs
> 
>> From: lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us [mailto:lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us]On
>>> Behalf Of Archer Sully
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Jeremy Hinegardner" <jjh at tranquility.net>
>>> 
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> 
>>>> I would like to know about the availability of DSL/xDSL in
>>>> the Boulder area.  I'm moving to Boulder this summer and
>>>> would like to make sure I find a place that is DSL capable.
>>> 
>>> There are two major CO's that I know of in Boulder, one downtown
>>> on Walnut & 15th? 16th?  And the other in S. Boulder near
>>> Table Mesa Dr. and Broadway.  There might be a third in
>>> far N. Boulder, but I don't know about it.   Between these
>>> two most of Boulder is covered.
>>> 
>>> If you end up anywhere near Downtown, or Martin Acres or
>>> Table Mesa, you should have no problem.  I'm about as from
>>> from the CO as you can get in TM, and I regularly hit speeds
>>> in excess of 600Mb on downloads.
>>> 
>>> Unfortunately, your landlord won't be able to tell you much.
>>> The problem is that USWorst doesn't do an actual line check.
>>> Instead, they have a database of phone numbers that gets updated
>>> every couple of months.  If you don't have a number yet, or if
>>> you had a mux on your line (two numbers on one pair) the database
>>> will be unable to tell whether you can use DSL or not.
>>> 
>>> I found out that I could get DSL only because a lineman told me
>>> that I was easily within range.  It then took three months to
>>> convince USWorst that they could go ahead and install DSL.
>>> 
>>> -- archer
>>