[lug] Big Brother taking over!

[Crawford Rainwater]

As a thought and a suggestion, check Colorado DSL.
They are a middle man group that provides DSL and
"pseudo-DSL" alternatives in the area.  Since most
of the "DSL" (I use that term loosely) went Chapter
7 a month+ ago, they have been pretty busy at finding
alternatives to suit folks.  Not being in Longmont,
I am not sure if they can help but it is an alternative
solution.  Link is www.coloradodsl.com I believe.
Ask for Tom since I have referred a few of my clients
to him for replacement services.

As for Qwest and MSN...scary thought.  Hopefully the
anti-trust suit will help on that some since Billy Boy
Gates is back at assimilating the world again.

--- Crawford
rainwac at attglobal.net


> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us [mailto:lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us]On
> Behalf Of Ian Hall-Beyer
> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 9:21 AM
> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Subject: RE: [lug] Big Brother taking over!
> 
> 
> On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Holshouser, David wrote:
> 
> > checkout www.sprintbroadband.com
> > It is a RadioFrequency (2.4ghz range, is that still considered 
> RF?) wireless
> > technology that is available throughout the denver metro++ area 
> that costs
> > (after pricey setup fees) $45/mo.
> 
> Problem is, longmont is in the shadow of a hill. Latency on the system is
> almost as bad as satellite-based services.
> 
> At this point I can't even get Qwest DSL in longmont, despite my wires to
> the CO being less than a mile long. Mainly because they've pairgained the
> hell out of the CO there.
> 
> CLECs? what CLECs? THey all went bankrupt. The telecom act of 1996 is a
> joke. It hasn't done a damned thing to help competition.
> 
> -Ian
> 
> --
> 
> "Video games don't affect kids. If Pac-Man did we'd all be running
> around darkened rooms swallowing pills and listening to repetitive
> music."
> 							-- A Raver
> 
> 
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