[PLUG] DSL Modem & QWEST

Galen Seitz galens at seitzassoc.com
Thu Oct 16 09:20:02 UTC 2003


Paul Johnson <baloo at ursine.ca> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 07:35:39AM -0700, guy1656 wrote:
> > Greetings:
> > 
> > I was informed by mail that DSL is now available in my area.
> > 
> > QWEST offers a device called an Actiontec 1520, but surfing blogs & install 
> > woes sites, seems to indicate that that unit is rather buggy.
> 
> That mostly goes with DSL in general.  POTS doesn't have the bandwidth
> to support reliable high speed connections over very much distance,
> and DSL providers generally tend to use some nasty hacks to screw you
> out of the service you're paying for, like PPPoE.  Comcast sucks, but
> it's better than Qwest.
> 

I think this is clearly dependent on location and luck.  With my personal
sample of one, I've had Aracnet and Qwest DSL for close to four years
with nary a problem.  Being able to choose my ISP is very important to
me.  I won't consider Comcast until they allow alternate ISPs.

galen





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