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What I am waiting for is for Verizon to begin offering their FIOS service in our
neighborhood. It’s like mainlining
the internet. Depending on the tier of
service you order, you can get up to 50 mbs download
and 10 mbs upload. They have it in many places in our community,
but just haven’t wired it in my neighborhood. My understanding is that its fiber rather than
copper-fed. Has anyone had experience
with this yet? Rene F. Tetro -----Original Message----- Actually, the spec limit for
“normal” DSL is 18,000 feet which is only 3.4 miles. Some telcos
offer “range extenders”, allowing service to a much greater
distance. It’s worth asking about that. The real limit for DSL is often not the
distance to the CO (central office) but rather to the neighborhood box where
your phone line is actually terminated and converted to digital. Some 40% of
the country now connects via these neighborhood boxes rather than having their own
phone line all the way back to the central office. So: you may live many, many
miles from a CO in the next town down the road but still have the possibility
of DSL. I say “possibility” because not all phone companies support
DSL through all of these neighborhood boxes. Moral of the story: call everyone. Call
them again to see if you get the same story. If they say you’re in a
marginal location, make them try it out. They have very poor records of wiring,
so they don’t really know in many cases. Chuck From:
irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Hawkins Someone I used to work with had DirecTV's satellite internet. He
had nothing bad to say about it EXCEPT that they limit your upload speed
severely. Unless you have FTP servers, web servers or just like to send
huge email attachments, that wouldn't be a problem for most. As far as
equipment and setup, anything can be negotiated...usually a trade-off for setup
vs. a 1/2-year contract. If you had that, WebTV would be completely
unnecessary , unless you love the frustration of someone sending you
attachments that you can't save to the non-existent hard disk. Astoria is pretty close to you, and you are in a less hilly part of the
coast. You may want to put in a call to the various ISPs who now (or soon
will) offer wireless and ask what their plans are for making it available where
you are. Seaside is pretty close, and one repeater in the right location
would make it available there from Astoria. If they sense enough of a
market to make putting up the tower and repeater, they might do it.
Sometimes, just the call might tip the balance if they're on the fence. Also, DSL requires that your location be less than 17000 feet from the
CO, which would be five and a half miles. If they offer DSL there at
all AND you're further than that out, you might be able to get degraded DSL service
for a fraction of the price. They're offering me 6MB DSL here now, and I'm debating whether I really
need to double the speed for an extra $5/month. Brighter lights...higher
tail fins...you know the routine. Mike
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