Verizon DSL

[JohnR]

I started this site on sDSL 384 up/down for only $150 per month on a server running under my kitchen table, but I was single and relatively rich

[vineyardblues]

Quick funny story,
I have had DSL for years and years. I was paying the 29.99 thing and called them for the 15 dollar special at the same speed I was at. They said no problem and I should see it on my next bill... Done Deal and a nice surprise!

So I start telling people GET DSL CHEAP......
I get a call from a friend last night ,he says that he called Verizon and they said he was to far from CO or what ever it's called / so was his girl friends house. Both in my town. He calls me up and starts blasting me cuz I am a dope. They told him to keep checking on line (type in your number)

So I get on line and test his number and his girls/ zippo / not aval
So just for shuts and grins I put my number in //// zippo / not avail
What a joke! I have had DSL for well over 5 years. SO is this all just a hype with Verizon ? Fill their quota ?
I bet my next bill will still be at 29.99 ...lol
VB

[fishaholic18]

Originally Posted by vineyardblues

So I get on line and test his number and his girls/ zippo / not aval
So just for shuts and grins I put my number in //// zippo / not avail
What a joke! I have had DSL for well over 5 years. SO is this all just a hype with Verizon ? Fill their quota ?
VB

Same thing comes up when I type in my #, but they said it's avail. ,in fact they're switching me to it next week.

[TheSpecialist]

It's not hype, the distance is legite to a point. The test they run probably uses engineering record that show side leads on cable pairs which adds extra capacitence to the line. When DSL first came out I lived in Quincy, and I was about a mile or a little more from the CO (Central Office where the dial tone orgiginates). They tested my line and told me that I was 1200 feet too far according to the engineer. When I went ot work the next day I tested the line, and came up about 160' tooo far. So I called them back, and got the engineers name and number ( they only gave me that info cause I work for them) and called the engineer. I told him my tes came a lot closer to the working length, and I wanted him to give the go ahead, and he reluctantly did, telling me they could not guarantee speed. I told him that was fine, it still had to be faster than my dial up. Another interesting thing, some phone lines work on units called Litespans, or other units called Slc's. These are basically systems that use fiber optic cable or T1's between the CO and a Shack out in the neighborhood. From the shack in the neighborhood the lines are fed through electronic cards, depending on the system each cards splits off 2 or 4 dialtones from the T1's or fiber and switches them over to copper cable. Now the company does have the technologie to offer it on these systems, however they don't in every location yet as the cards are exspensive ( they had to engineer a special card just for DSL) and are still not readily available. I would call them and ask them if you are on a Litespan, or a SlC (pronounced slick), and if you are if there is anyway that they could put you on a copper pair, and if the copper pair would not be too long for DSL, sometimes they have about 100 pairs of copper out there for people wanting the DSL. One other thing if they tell you that you are on copper ask them if the copper pair can be conditioned, like having side leads removed to lose some of the extra capacitence. Good Luck and please don't mention my name as this is all proprietary info, tell them a "Friend" works for them...

[reelecstasy]

Does it matter if it is a SLC 96 or a SLC series 5, I'll provision your litespan for ya ?
I tried to go the verizon rt, same deal. Did my own stress test, did not see any bridge tap, they gave me a service date 3 weeks away. Checking further into it, I noticed there were no spare slots available. So come the due date, they would have said sorry, no can do..Verizon's customer service is lacking, to say the least.
Instead I opted for Comcast, it is fast. Not as fast as here at work (10+mbs) but it is quick...

Specialist sounds like proprietary info to me,

[TheSpecialist]

I know the cards are out there for Litespan, but not sure about the SLC. They have a new thing called D slam, I have seen it at a location with SLC, and I am not sure how it works but it gives you DSL and a guy in my garage has it and likes it.

[reelecstasy]

Originally Posted by TheSpecialist

D slam,

Gonna go read up on those now