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Gary,
Distances from the local "switch" do matter with most if not all flavors of
DSL. Lower speeds allow for greater distances from the switch, and higher
speeds will require greater proximity to the switch. But the provider will
test for acceptable distance before promising installation.
Often these days its a case of only one type being available in a particular
area. Remember, its still early in the broadband product line life span
curve Check with your provider. They will tell you which they can offer you,
if any, based on their available flavor, and your switch distance.
Good luck!
Eliot
Eliot Kaplan
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> From: "Gary Fritz" <fritz@xxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: fritz@xxxxxxxx
> Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 21:44:04 -0700
> To: Eliot Kaplan <eliot@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: DSL Providers (one perspective)..
>
> Hi Eliot,
>
> Thanks for the DSL comments. Since you seem to know what you're
> talking about a lot better than I do :-) I wonder if you could offer
> a few tips:
>
>> If you are interested in DSL, get SDSL if possible. It will cost
>> roughly double what ADSL costs (still NOT prohibitive), but most
>> providers I know here in LA will guarantee 80+% of the bit rate,
>
> Does SDSL have all the same limitations as ADSL?
>
> I'm about 17000' from the CO, which makes me pretty marginal for
> ADSL. Worse, USWorst tells me I have fiber in the line. So I don't
> know if SDSL is even an option here.
>
> I've heard of something called IDSL that supposedly gets around some
> of these problems, but I know almost nothing about it.
>
> Cable internet is not available here, and I can't get over 28k on our
> phone lines. I would kill for DSL, even 10% ADSL. I don't need
> megabit data rates, I'd be tickled pink with 500kbps or even 256kbps.
> It would be worth a lot just to have a reliable always-on connection
> instead of cussing at finicky 28k modem connections that often stop
> dead (presumably renegotiating) for 2, 5, 10, even 20 or more seconds
> at a time.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Gary
>
>
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