ISP's

Just as a counterpoint, I finally got (I b'lieve) VDSL
from USWest but it was an ordeal. They had someone come
through the neighborhood on foot hyping it; they called
twice over about a 2 month span pitching it; they sent mail
with "special incentives"; Cox TV service kept sucking
worse... I finally said "sign me up!". They replied: "Oh,
it's not available in your area yet, call back."

Doh. Anyway, now that I've _finally_ got it (data and TV)
I've been really pleased with it - aside from the totally
rigged "field expedient" air drop phone line they strung
along my block wall, but WTF, it works.
All of the techs involved claimed to be doing 80+ hour
weeks, FWIW.
Steve
Hawke wrote:
>
> > Tim,

> you are not the only person suffering problems with usworst.
> I have been trying to get DSl here at my new home for over
> 3 months now. for the first month, they wouldn't even tell
> me what was wrong (just that a technical issue existed with the
> line) and after that, they have told me that I am:
> 1. in a fiber service area (further checking reveals that this is not
> factual)
> 2. on a line with significant routing problems requiring a pair gain
> amp
> 3. in an area where DSL is not available (false. 3 of my other
> neighbors here have
>     gotten DSl within the last 3 months!)

>
> As near as I can figure, usworst is playing silly games with me. I
> have been talking
> to a large number of techs over there and have started hearing "off
> the record"
> commentary stating this impression: "even if the line qualifies, you
> will not recieve the
> service". USWEST refuses to fix the problems, or reprovision my telco
> service
> under the existing contract that I have (A contract that stipulated
> that the line
> be DSL provisioned for my service upon installation).
>
> I also might want to contact Jay and see if he can offer e a wireless
> option
> (considering my location, the wiredglobal main center is less than a
> mile from here).
>
> Hawke
>
> Tim Weaver wrote:
>
> I had spoken to Jay from WiredGlobal a while back about DSL service
> to my
> home...I need to contact him again to find out if their DSL
> provider is
> Covad, because if so, I may want to speak about changing ISP's in
> order to
> get the damn service enabled!!
>
> USWorst is dicking around and not removing the bridge taps or
> testing the
> line or something...we have all the equipment but no signal and our
> ISP,
> Zyan, doesn't seem to hold any sort of influence over
> Covad/USWorst.
>
> Tim Weaver
>
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