[lug] DSL Technical ?'s

[Michael Deck]

On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Jeremy Hinegardner wrote:
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> 2. Why can't Covad provide SDSL service to me.  They do
>    provide SDSL service.  Is it because they just don't
>    take SDSL service to 16000'?  And if that is the case
>    What is the technical reason why?  If Rhythms was able
>    to provide a satisfactory SDSL service to 16000' why
>    is Covad unable to?  They are both in the same CO right?

Jeremy, I can't answer any of your technical questions but I can answer a 
non-technical one. I have had Covad IDSL since last December, bundled with 
Micron.net ISP. At the time, Qwest would not offer service but Covad would. I 
think the reason may be (I'm guessing, and piecing together info from my 
many, many conversations with Covad and Qwest field service technicians) that 
Covad simply is willing to push the technology a little farther. Perhaps this 
is a ploy to increase market share but it also works to the detriment of the 
consumer. If I'd known how frequently the service was going to be down or 
slow, I might have stayed with ISDN. Partly this is because we have very bad 
copper in this neighborhood, but partly it seems to be because of my distance 
from the CO (21000'). So if this is going to be something that you rely on to 
run a business you may want to think about wireless options. If you plan to 
run a business-critical web server, you probably want to think about getting 
it hosted elsewhere. 

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Michael Deck

Cleanroom Software Engineering, Inc.