Author: James D Date: Subject: Stubborn girl strikes again!
I have a NetSpeed 204 DSL Modem with a Ethernet out. It is old, ancient but
never used. If you want you can have it for free. It also comes with a
manual, 3 phone filters. Power cable, crossover cable.
Just e-mail me off list if your still interested.
On Saturday 19 April 2003 09:32 am, Jenny Charlene wrote: > Ok, so I decided to bite the bullet and finally get DSL. (Cable
> internet's not available at my apt.) So I called the friendly folks at
> Qwest and got hooked up with the ISP of my choice, with a minimum of
> hassle. But...
>
> They wanted to rent me the DSL modem! WTF??? What is this 1975 and I
> have to rent my phone from the damn phone company? Yeah, it's $5 a
> month, big deal, but it pissed me off. So I said I had one that a friend
> gave me. Not a problem for Qwest, they went ahead and completed my
> order.
>
> Then I go to Fry's and CompUSA, and find out that you can't buy a DSL
> modem! (Well you can get windows USB ones, but I need ethernet out.)
> WTFx2??? Seems that the phone companies have them locked up.
>
> If I can find one this weekend, I won't have to call Qwest and grovel
> for a rental modem on Monday, hoping that it'll get to me by the time
> the service is turned on, 4/25, and before I take a weeks vacation on
> the 28th.
>
> So, if anyone know someone that used to have DSL and has a modem laying
> around, I'm in the market for one.
>
> Any help is appreciated,