Stubborn girl strikes again!

[Darrell Shandrow]

Hi George,

I think those Alcatel 1000 modems support only bridged mode connections.
That would certainly serve to limit one's selection of ISP.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "George Toft" <george@georgetoft.com>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: Stubborn girl strikes again!


> Alcatel on ebay.  I had one and sold it cheap for $60.  Going price on
> eBay was $80.
>
> George
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> 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,
> > --
> > C-ya,
> > Jenny
> >
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