DSL/Cable in the W. Lansing area?

[Wu, Hu-Hwa]

Yep, same thing happened to me

It is a shame, I am already using the service and I get that crappy e.mail.

I'll have to say the service is excellent, modem is rather large for DSL but
can't complain about the speed.

My average downloads are around 50-100kb sometimes I can get to a site that
will jump me to 200+

Hope they find someone quick

-Hu

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Hamilton [mailto:dhamilton@voyager.net]
> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 12:01 PM
> To: linux-user@egr.msu.edu
> Cc: Techstaff2@Voyager. Net; Donald Lovell
> Subject: RE: DSL/Cable in the W. Lansing area?
> 
> 
> 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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