[SECC] ADSL service

[Bill Coleman]

On 6/27/01 11:15 AM, Ed at k4sb@mindspring.com wrote:

>Think I'm about ready to upgrade.
>
>Would appreciate remarks from those of you who have the service,
>especially on providers.

Ed,

I have my service with BellSouth. Mine isn't technically DSL. It is IFITL 
(Integrated Fiber in the Loop). What this means is that I don't have a 
DSL modem. Instead, BellSouth has fiber optic cable on the street, and 
they run 4 wires of copper into my house. Those 4 wires are a 10BaseT 
ethernet connection. IFITL availablility varies with your location. IFITL 
is the only DSL service BellSouth provides at my house.

I've had it installed since January. Getting it installed was a trip. If 
you are told that someone will call you, write yourself a reminder to 
call back in a week. BellSouth told me 4 different times that someone 
would call me for the next step. In all but one case, I had to call them 
back. I think their problem is they have to coordinate between 
departments and often drop the ball. There was also some confusion over 
what had to / had not been done. Ooops.

I had been using a Macintosh to act as a IP Masquerading gateway, but 
after some trouble with my gateway software over several months (it 
worked just fine masquerading a dial-up link), I opted to buy a NetGear 
RT314 Router / Switch. It's been very reliable since. I have 5 different 
computers in my house which share the internet connection.

Not bad for $40 / month.




Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
            -- Wilbur Wright, 1901


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