[LUNI] Anybody use Starnet WX? (vs DSL)

[Martin Maney]

On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 11:13:26PM -0400, SqrFolkDnc at aol.com wrote:
> Today I learned I am too far from the central office to get DSL.  I
> presume that if one DSL carrier says I am too far, that applies to
> all of them, right?

Well, maybe.  The whole line distance thing seems to be a little
imprecise, and they won't have a really solid number until they do a
physical test - which isn't going to happen until you actually order,
as I understand it.  If you've only talked to SBC, you just might
benefit from trying whatever non-monopoly options might be available. 
Then again, you may be downstream of hardware that simply doesn't
support DSL.  :-(

> In various web pages they mention speeds of "2 mb/s", "up to 1mb/s",
> and "500 to 1800 kb/s".  What is it really?

That's like asking what speed 802.11b is "really".  Wireless has a very
different balance of strengths and weaknesses than DSL, and certainty
of effective link speed is not where it's best. ... I started to type a
bunch of guesses, but heck, don't guess, call them and see what they
have to say.

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