[lug] Speakeasy IDSL -- BTW

[John Starkey]

That is one thing that I made clear to Qwest when I sent them a $1 check
for their troubles. Everyone I spoke to was very courteous and
knowledgable about a little but noone knew what the next guy is doing.

On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Michael Deck wrote:

> Amazingly enough, I looked out the window just now and there were two guys 
> from Qwest working on the pedestal behind my house. So I went up and asked 
> them if there's any chance I'll ever get IDSL. "We're working on it right 
> now, you should have it TODAY," they said. I explained the whole rigamarole 
> and they rattled off some other tales of how the folks in the front office 
> were blinking idiots etc. My experience with USWorst is now Qworst has 
> always been, trust only the guys with the pliers.
> 
> It remains to be seen whether any ones and zeros actually come into the 
> house, but we appear to be making progress.
> 
> -Mike
> 
> At 06:29 AM 11/9/00 -0700, Michael Deck wrote:
> >Ah, but the question was, does anyone *use* Speakeasy. So far all the 
> >responses have been from people who have *tried* but *failed* because of Qwest.
> >
> >Since I'm in a similar situation (signed up with Covad, still waiting 
> >after 5 months for Qwest) let me broaden the question and ask,
> >
> >Has anyone in the Boulder area been successfully connected to an IDSL 
> >provider. If so, which one(s) and how do you like them? And what exertions 
> >did you go through to get it?
> >
> >I would have thought, since I already have an ISDN connection, getting 
> >IDSL would be no big deal. I appear to be wrong.
> >
> >-Mike
> >
> >At 03:53 PM 11/8/00 -0700, John Starkey wrote:
> >>If you set up an account with them they post every messge exchanged
> >>between them, covad, and qwest to your account page. You always know what
> >>the status is.
> >>
> >>On Wed, 8 Nov 2000, Kyle Moore wrote:
> >>
> >> > Anyone here use Speakeasy IDSL service? I can't get normal DSL or cable.
> >> > Speakeasy offers 144 IDSL with 2 static IPs and other stuff for $89.00 a
> >> > month. Hardware is listed at another $359.00. I assume this "hardware"
> >> > is a router. They are offering 3 free months which would sort of offset
> >> > the hardware cost.
> >> >
> >>
> >>
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> >Michael Deck
> >Cleanroom Software Engineering, Inc.
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> Michael Deck
> Cleanroom Software Engineering, Inc.   
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