I recently moved to South Gilbert are where neither Cox nor Qwest service. I was able to find a company that however does service the entire area with a wireless service http://www.wydebeam.com/ . I was thinking they maybe a possible backup plan for you, but then I realize they are using Cox as their ISP. If you are just worried about the connection to the house this may still work, but if you want a true backup, then I would go with Qwest. On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 3:44 PM, keith smith wrote: > > Hi, > > I just moved into a house in South Chandler and when Cox configured my > Internet and phone, they had to setup a temp connection. This consists of a > coax running through my back yard down the side of my house and into the > junction box. Funny thing is the box that services the 5 housed in my > cluster is all of 2 feet from the junction box into my house. > > I'm not making this up. When Cox engineered this sub-division they made a > mistake and put in a 4 node connection. The tech that came out to followup > told me they could not add me to that box. > > They have to connect me to the box that serves another set of houses. This > requires running a conduit about 18 inches underground along the sidewalk > (from behind my house) and under my driveway to the junction box on the > other side of my house. I was told it would take around 6 weeks to get the > permit to do so. It is unclear how much longer it will take after that. I > was told they are putting a rush on this project. > > I work out of my house and would like to find an additional solution. I > like Cox. I've had cox service for maybe 6 years now. I had been with > Qwest and had DSL for a while. Liked them also. > > I'm thinking that maybe I'll try qwest or look at that as a backup plan. > > I'm wondering about what DSL routers are being used and the quality. When > I had DLS last I had a Cisco rounter that would overheat. I had little > problem with mine. The Cisco was nice in that it was programmable. Then I > had an ActionTec (sp) , however that would not allow for port forwarding > even though it was a feature. > > Looks like DSL speed is way up. Any input or suggestions on Qwest DSL? > > Thanks in advance! > Keith > > > ------------------------ > Keith Smith > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >