DSL/Cable in the W. Lansing area?

[David Hamilton]

Ahhhhh...vent time!

In January I called Telocity.com for DSL service.  They assured me it would
take 6-8 weeks.

They have a nice web interface which shows the progress of your order.
After 3 weeks my order hadn't progressed past the 1st stage (should have
taken 3 days).  I called them back, only to find that they had lost my
order.

No problem.  I figured there might be some hiccups along the way.  I just
asked them to reprocess it.

3 weeks later I got an email telling me that Ameritech will come to my house
to run a new line.  Great!

I'm so excited!

Next day, I happened to mention it to a coworker.  He tells me that
Northpoint, the actual DSL provider, is having financial difficulties.  I
just shrugged it off thinking, "All the telco types are having issues right
now."

sigh...

After a few more weeks I gave them a call back.  There is a nice new prompt
on the phone queue telling me to dial a special number if I'm in Northpoint
territory.

Arrgghhh...

To make a long story short, I guess Northpoint went bankrupt.  All of their
customers will lose connectivity in 1 week.  Supposedly Telocity is "Working
with other carriers to provide service".

Arrgghhhh....

Sorry.  Had to vent.  I live on the East side of Lansing.

david.hamilton@voyager.net
On the ingredients label for all Spam, it says 'Pork with Ham'





> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-user-admin@egr.msu.edu
> [mailto:linux-user-admin@egr.msu.edu]On Behalf Of
> Paul_Melson@keykertusa.com
> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 8:28 AM
> To: Matt Graham
> Cc: linux-user@egr.msu.edu; linux-user-admin@egr.msu.edu
> Subject: Re: 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.)
>
>
>      ACD.net for dynamic addressing, 512K SDSL or 512K/128K ADSL (your
> choice).
>      Velotel.com for static addressing, 144K IDSL - their only offering in
> 517.
>
>      I was very impressed with both companies, but more so with
> ACD.  Their
> prices
>      are better and they're local (Velotel is in MN).  The extremely
> upsetting part
>      of all of this, though, is Ameritech (I know - you can hardly believe
> it!).
>      If you are attached to the 1ESS switch at the South CO, chances are
> you have
>      load coils on your line, which have to be removed in order for DSL to
> work.
>      If you live within 1200ft, Ameritech will remove them for free.
> Anything
>      beyond that and Ameritech will hit you with a prohibitively large
> service
>      charge (nearly $1,000 in my case).  It's worth calling,
> though.  It'll
> cost
>      you nothing to find out if this is the case with your line.
>
>      On the up side, AT&T is hoping to roll out @Home again this
> summer.  I
> guess
>      they're part of a suit involving the MPSC against Ameritech (for
> breach of
>      contract, among other things) which is supposed to be heard shortly.
> If
>      things go the PSC's way, AT&T will get their line and turn on cable
> access
>      in the coming months.
>
>
> PaulM
>
>
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