From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Jun 28 5:14:36 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from beelzebubba.sysabend.org (beelzebubba.sysabend.org [208.243.107.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFA4714DEC for ; Mon, 28 Jun 1999 05:14:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ragnar@sysabend.org) Received: by beelzebubba.sysabend.org (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 429EF4152; Mon, 28 Jun 1999 08:14:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by beelzebubba.sysabend.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3F2F49B2D; Mon, 28 Jun 1999 08:14:27 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 08:14:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Jamie Bowden To: Pat Lynch Cc: spork , Francisco Reyes , FreeBSd Chat list Subject: Re: Of SDSL, speed and bad ISPs In-Reply-To: Message-ID: X-badge: We don't need no stinking badges. X-obligatory-profanity: Fuck X-moo: Moo. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, Pat Lynch wrote: :Being right oputside of NJ, is it actually possible to get a DSL line :outside of the areas Bell Atlantic says its not possible, or is it the :combination of bad copper/distance from the CO? I would guess it's a question of BA's switch capabilities (or lack thereof) in your service area. :I know next to nothing about DSL (I'm a systems administrator, not a :network engineer Jim!) and I need some kind of faster access here ....and :well the best I've been able to get is a dedicated 56k modem for a couple :hundred a month *sigh* Look for alternatives. You're paying way too much for your connection. Jamie Bowden -- If we've got to fight over grep, sign me up. But boggle can go. -Ted Faber (on Hasbro's request for removal of /usr/games/boggle) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message