It is called IDSL.

Tom Veldhouse
veldy at veldy.net

----- Original Message -----
From: Brian <marshmallowmateys at email.com>
To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: [TCLUG:20045] DSL


> What's the status on running DSL over fiber?  I heard it was in
development
> but I've been out of the loop for so long that I never heard what happened
> next.  It ticked me off because in my old place I could SEE the building
> that the DSLAM was in.  Thanks to ssssssssSeren Innovations my building
was
> completely fiber fed because they wanted everyone to use their cable modem
> service instead.  I did call and whine a couple times, but I never got any
> decent answers.
>
> "Oh sir, DSL is not available in your area"
> "We are currently working on extending the range of DSL"
> "Would you like to sign up for uswest.net?"
> ...etc
>
>
> You can call and whine, and if enough people do they may accelerate it.
> Other than that there's nothing you can really do.  Are you sure the
> problem is that there's no DSLAM in Fridley?  FAIK there's a lot of fiber
> right to the doorsteps out there that's preventing people from getting
> DSL.
>
> Adam Maloney
> Systems Administrator
> Sihope Communications
>
> On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Troy A. Johnson wrote:
>
> > Can you do or say anything to get USWest to put the proper equipment for
> > DSL at your CO (mine is Fridley)?
> >
> > Adam Maloney wrote:
> > >
> > > In case anyone here was interested in getting DSL but couldn't loop
qual
> > > (even if you were within the proper distance) [US|Q]west began
removing
> > > load coils from lines in late June.  They expect to be done by Q1
2001.
> > > Unfortunately the site with the list of where they are completed isn't
> > > available so i don't have any more information, but you may want to
try
> > > another loop qualification in the coming months.
> > >
> > > Also here are the latest CO's that now support DSL:
> > >
> > > MN:  Duluth Melrose, Richfield, Stillwater
> > >
> > > Adam Maloney
> > > Systems Administrator
> > > Sihope Communications
> > >
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> > ...Virtually never are murderers the ordinary, law-abiding people
> > against whom gun bans are aimed.  Almost without exception, murderers
> > are extreme aberrants with lifelong histories of crime, substance
> > abuse, psychopathology, mental retardation and/or irrational violence
> > against those around them, as well as other hazardous behavior, e.g.,
> > automobile and gun accidents."
> >         -- Don B. Kates, writing on statistical patterns in gun crime
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