[BC] Digital STL

[Broadcast List USER]

Dana:

I'm happy your DSL is reliable.  Mine was too, until it wasn't.  A  
good friend of mine who is in the "Internet" business scolded me for  
using it when FIOS is available to me.  He explained that it was just  
a bridge, because dial-up was too slow, and the wireline phone  
companies were not ready for fiber or other faster technologies,  
similar to T-1, which never were deployed.  Hey, I get it.

In my case, I had my DSL "modem" on a UPS, yet it kept failing.   
Verizon refused to replace it unless I BOUGHT a new "modem."  I didn't  
want to REWARD Verizon for bad service, so I went back to Comcrap.   
When I called to cancel my DSL, Verizon offered me a FREE replacement  
"modem."  Imagine that!  I explained that they had already lost me as  
I had new service.  WHO WOULD CANCEL SERVICE UNTIL THEY HAD THE  
REPLACEMENT IN PLACE?  What idiots.  Why do they try to save customers  
at the point where they are canceling?  It is TOO LATE!  Anyone with  
any common sense has already made other arrangements.

Oh, well.

Back to the actual technical issues, using "super sonic" audio to  
transmit data on POTS is a kludge.  It is limited in distance, and is  
not totally reliable.  I'm glad you have a back-up.

--chip

On Feb 22, 2010, at 9:00 AM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

> Message: 9
> From: "Dana  Puopolo" <dpuopolo at usa.net>
>
> I disagree!
>
> My DSL has been rock solid for years and consistently is good for  
> 4000/650
> actual bandwidth. My Roadrunner cable goes down more then a cheap  
> prostitute.
>
> -D
>
> From: Broadcast List USER <Broadcast at fetrow.org>
>
>> DSL is, at best, a technology bridge.  It was never ready for prime
>> time, and has never been reliable.