DSL/Cable in the W. Lansing area?

[Mark Szidik]

I have ACD.net I am in central Lansing.  Service and speed has been
impressive.

My wife does some consulting work for a west-side company and they
wanted her to look into DSL for them.  She talked to ACD about it and
they said that Ameritech botched-up (big surprise) their planning for
west-side growth and placed their CO (central office) a long ways from
the bulk of the west side. They told her that most west-side locations
are too far away from from the CO for reliable service.  ACD also told
her that Amertitech is working to resolv the problem by placing remote
CO's closer to the growth areas.  Supposedly this is going to be in
place in the next 6 months (yeah right).

Give ACD a call, its worth a try.

BTW: they recently lowered their monthly rate to $50.  They also gave us
the modem for free even though they say their 1 year contract required
$199 for the modem.

I was skeptical about ACD, but they have proven to be very reliable.

-Mark


On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Keyes, Randall wrote:

> Michcom.net (MBE computers) does an awesome job with their 56K connections.
> They just implemented DSL.  They are a great local company with an excellent
> modem-to-user ratio.  They run FreeBSD servers.  Check em out.  :)
>
> Randy Keyes
> Network Services, JNL
> randall.keyes@jnli.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Graham [mailto:danceswithcrows@usa.net]
> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 5:46 PM
> To: linux-user@egr.msu.edu
> Subject: DSL/Cable in the W. Lansing area?
>
>
> I've been stuck on a 56K (actual speed more like 33.6) dialup for 5 months
> now, and it sucks and blows at the same time.  Better connectivity on the
> west
> side of town is difficult to find; I've Googled and gone to various pages
> claiming to offer broadband service in Lansing and come up empty every time.
>
> So I humbly ask the other folks on the list:  What options exist for
> better-than-modem connectivity on the west side, and what are your opinions
> of
> the various options?
>
> At this point, I don't care so much about speed, certainly not about
> download
> speed.  Last year, I shared a 384Kbit SDSL with 4 other folks, and that was
> fine with me.  What I'd really like is a constant connection of some type.
> I'd pay $40/month to have a 24-7 128/128 connect, more for higher speeds,
> but
> the number I'm really interested in is the upload speed.  (Yes, I know about
> ISDN, but that per-minute charge thing sounds hideous, not to mention
> potential difficulties with the terminal adapter under Linux.)
>
> --
> Matt G / Dances With Crows
> There is no Darkness in Eternity
> But only Light too dim for us to see
>
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