[mythtv-users] OT: SBC DSL -- pair gains - 19,903 ft.

[Ryan A. Carris]

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:37:29 -0600, Robert Denier <denier at umr.edu> wrote:
> Has anyone had experience getting DSL from southwesternbell (sbc) under
> rather less than favorable conditions?
> 
> My distance according to the phone company is 19,903ft which is 903 ft
> above them considering it.  Cyberonic (DSL provider) thinks I'm at
> 15,211 and were willing to give it a try but they found pair gains that
> are ncompatible with DSL. (Pair gains are devices that multiplex 2
> phone onto 1 pair of wires.)  They said if I can get a line
> without them then they will try again.
> 
(snip)

I moved recently and signed up for SBC DSL.  Once I got the stuff, I
was only able to manage 140kbs.  After two tiring hours on the phone
with their idiot tech support, they did something and was able to get
me up to around 320kbs.  Then they told me that the max I could get
was 384kbs, because of distance. Not happy,nor satisfied.

Well, good news was, SBC gives you 30 days to try it out.  If you
arn't happy, send the equipement back, and you are only out the  $$
for shippinng the router and one month of DSL service.

I would verify this with them, then give it a shot.   Got nothing to lose.
good luck.