Plug pulled on DSL.....

[Goober57]

Breaking news.....

November 22, 2004

Telecommunication companies are saying that no new DSL accounts will
be activated after November 21st of this year. That means that anyone
who was scheduled to have DSL service beginning on Monday the 22nd
will not be activated.

Phone lines were overloaded at various companies with complaints
from prospective customers.

One man, who wished to remain anonymous, was quoted as saying...

'I am Yoda. The Force is with me. My sabre has been drawn.'

Authorites will only say that the man is 26 and was wearing
a Darth Vader mask.

More to follow.............

[yoda313]

Hello,

WHAT???????

Is this a joke????????????

Kevin

[SLICK RICK]

Breaking news.....

November 22, 2004

Telecommunication companies are saying that no new DSL accounts will
be activated after November 21st of this year. That means that anyone
who was scheduled to have DSL service beginning on Monday the 22nd
will not be activated.

Phone lines were overloaded at various companies with complaints
from prospective customers.

One man, who wished to remain anonymous, was quoted as saying...

'I am Yoda. The Force is with me. My sabre has been drawn.'

Authorites will only say that the man is 26 and was wearing
a Darth Vader mask.

More to follow.............

Have you ever seen a grown man cry.

[glockjs]

[yoda313]

Hello,



SBC's website says nothing.... Nothing on cnn....


BAN GOOBER57!!!!!!

Kevin

(just kidding )

[SLICK RICK]

Hello,



SBC's website says nothing.... Nothing on cnn....


BAN GOOBER57!!!!!!

Kevin

(just kidding )

I thought you would have went old school with it yoda, "Off with his head".

[Capmaster]

Good one Goober!

[yoda313]

[SLICK RICK]

Have you ever seen a grown man cry.

[handyguy]

30mbs soon to come

Won't be through DSL or Cable though.

[bazooka]

30mbs soon to come

Won't be through DSL or Cable though.

Yep, it will be through fiber optic cable

[Doramius]

30mbs soon to come

Won't be through DSL or Cable though.

Yep, it will be through fiber optic cable

Isn't that what the main lines are anyway? I think it only goes to wire at the exchanges, Otherwise phone cables would be 3-feet thick. And that's for lightly populated areas.

I think satellite broadband is they way it's going to go. That or some type of digital cellular signal advancement.

[stiltman]

I think satellite broadband is they way it's going to go. That or some type of digital cellular signal advancement.

Yeah, but Uncle Billy hasn't had much luck. This after he bought 3 satelites for MSN

[bazooka]

30mbs soon to come

Won't be through DSL or Cable though.

Yep, it will be through fiber optic cable

Isn't that what the main lines are anyway? I think it only goes to wire at the exchanges, Otherwise phone cables would be 3-feet thick. And that's for lightly populated areas.

I think satellite broadband is they way it's going to go. That or some type of digital cellular signal advancement.

Nope.

If you read about sbc and verizon, you will find out. Verizon is taking the fiber-optic all the way to people's houses. Sbc is stopping at the last mile.

[thecoalman]

Verizon is taking the fiber-optic all the way to people's houses.

I have Verizon

[Doramius]

30mbs soon to come

Won't be through DSL or Cable though.

Yep, it will be through fiber optic cable

Isn't that what the main lines are anyway? I think it only goes to wire at the exchanges, Otherwise phone cables would be 3-feet thick. And that's for lightly populated areas.

I think satellite broadband is they way it's going to go. That or some type of digital cellular signal advancement.

Nope.

If you read about sbc and verizon, you will find out. Verizon is taking the fiber-optic all the way to people's houses. Sbc is stopping at the last mile.

I never said it wasn't possible for fiberoptics to make it to the home. I said currently, fiber optics only go to the exchanges. I'm sure fiberoptics will be coming directly into the home soon, but that's going to ba another fun bucket for older homes in the way of upgrading. Federal law still requires that there still be 1 line of analog signal to all residential homes for 911 emergency. Try it sometime when you get a new phone line put into a home that's in a 911 area. before your phone gets connected, there will still be a dial tone and the only number you can call is 911. Blue Boxes or ERA Boxes (Emergency Roadside Assistance) are all on this type of line, and I think all public payphones if I remember correctly.

All they are doing is running digital all the way to the home because it's cheaper, easier and more commonly used now. None of it is new technology or new ideas. However, your house may still have an analog converter for older styles of phones once this happens. Manufacturers of phones will have a huge dance for joy once they can release their new digital optical phones, since everyone is going to want to get into the new system because the sounds and data movement will be so clear and fast.

[bazooka]

None of it is new technology or new ideas.

I never said it was new technology.

It will be new to residential broadband customers though.

That was my point.

You are rambling on about phones, when I was talking about INTERNET connections.

Pulses of light are the future as opposed to electrical current.

[jimmalenko]

One man, who wished to remain anonymous, was quoted as saying...

'I am Yoda. The Force is with me. My sabre has been drawn.'

Authorites will only say that the man is 26 and was wearing
a Darth Vader mask.

[thecoalman]

Yoda,

Did you "finish" the internet yet?

[yoda313]

Yoda,

Did you "finish" the internet yet?

Hello,



Nah.... I think I'll never finish the internet.....

(except maybe when I retire ).

Kevin

[hech54]

OK....dumb question.
Is DSL faster than the cable modem I had back home?

[yoda313]

OK....dumb question.
Is DSL faster than the cable modem I had back home?

Hello,

Unfortunately no....

I'm running at 300k at home.. WAY FASTER than Dial up but can't come close to Cable....

Though I don't have to pay as much as cable either :P :P :P

Kevin

[tekkieman]

Sometimes...sometimes not. My previous cable package was 1Mb, and could be affected by the number of people in my area who shared it. My DSL is 3Mb, and is dedicated to noone but me. There were other packages with lower bandwidth limits if I chose to, so those would have been slower than cable.

[hech54]

.....cause my cable modem SCREAMED....and I have DSL now....and I occasionally look for a hand crank on the side of my computer...
Oh....DSL is WAY better than any dial-up but....

[yoda313]

Hello,

Oh....DSL is WAY better than any dial-up but....

I know....

Besides I don't have Cable TV and it would have been too pricey to sign up for a cable package AND a cable modem....

Kevin

[hech54]

It was expensive....around $40-$50 per month...but DAMN.....don't blink or you'll miss the page loading.

[Capmaster]

Yoda's right about that. We have Comcast and they forced the cable TV on us in order to get the internet. We pay $60/month and since we have satellite already, the cable TV goes unused :P

[SLICK RICK]

Hello,

Oh....DSL is WAY better than any dial-up but....

I know....

Besides I don't have Cable TV and it would have been too pricey to sign up for a cable package AND a cable modem....

Kevin

I was in the same boat as you yoda, so I went with dsl.

[Doramius]

Yoda's right about that. We have Comcast and they forced the cable TV on us in order to get the internet. We pay $60/month and since we have satellite already, the cable TV goes unused :P

You can call the FCC regarding that. The cable co. is charging a fixed audience for an unneccessary item that has competition to customers that use a different product. That's like going to the only grocery store within 100 miles and you have to buy a $30 cooking pot every time you want a $2 container of orange juice.

They should be able to charge a discounted rate for the 2 items if you want both. But it's illegal for them to force you to have both. Sprint got nailed hard in areas for this regarding DSL service about 3 years ago.


AS for DSL vs cable. DSL doesn't congest as much, but it's more expensive to get near the speeds of cable broadband. Cable broadband can get higher speeds than DSL in areas, but most rural areas are only running at 1-3 Megs anyway, so having 10megs, defeats the purpose unless more people are running on the network at those speeds. Broadband companies are also charging for how much bandwidth you have. Someone may only purchase a 512k plan for their cable modem, while another person has a DSL plan at 3Meg. Obviously the person with 3Meg is going to find the internet extremely faster, but they are also paying quite a bit more for their increased bandwidth. But when it all comes down to it, the cost to be connected and running at any of the speeds is all the same to the company. The only difference is the more people running at higher speeds may create heavy traffic. If the company hasn't already upgraded from the money they've been getting from it's customers to allow the higher use, then someone's sticking the money in their own pocket and getting ready to move south of the border.