[Re: [lug] DSL in Denver?]

[Justin]

Viggy <LittleViggy at alum.manhattan.edu> wrote:
> Are you in an apartment?  Is this a fairly new housing complex?  There
> are a couple of reasons why you cannot get DSL (or ADSL):
> 
> 1)  You have to be within 15,000 feet of the CO (phone switch).  This is
> 15,000 feet of wire, not 15,000 driving, or line of sight.
> 2)  Some of the "older" new housing complexes was wired with fiber
> optical cable to support all of the houses, and any "upgrades" (i.e. a
> resident orders two more phone lines, etc.).  Fiber is not compatible
> with ADSL.
> 3)  If this is an apartment complex, and old enough, the phone lines
> might be multiplexed.  In other words, USWest puts more than one phone
> number on a physical pair that leads into the apartment building.  ADSL
> is not compatible with this setup.
> 
> Viggy
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> I would just like to find someone who offers a fast connection for a
> reasonable price in my area. When I first moved in USWest's site said I
> could get DSL for my number. Now it says something about it is available
> 
> in my area but there is some other reason I can't get it...such as
> hardware or something.
> 
> Anyone have DSL around Bowles and C-470 in Littleton?
> 
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