http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2000/11/27/story1.html ~jacque Jason J wrote: > > I pay $70/month for the line and the service. > > I sure hope they dont drop my dsl service from what Jacque just said. > > Eric F Crist wrote: > > > How do their prices rate for the DSL, static IPs and such? > > > > Eric > > > > On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, you wrote: > > > The following is my pleasant experience with Onvoy/Covad. If you could > > > care less don't read anymore. > > > > > > US West told me I couldn't have DSL, for some reason my line failed > > > the loop back test. I then discovered they had a digital splitter on my > > > line so they could split the one piece of copper running to my house > > > into > > > 2 phone lines. This is why the loop back was failing. Even though I > > > explained > > > this to 4 different phone rep's they still would do nothing about it. I > > > live well within a mile of my CO. > > > > > > I called covad, the rep told me within minutes that dsl was available > > > to me and that I was within a mile and a good candidate for dsl. We > > > scheduled > > > an appointment for installation. That day came and I was at home early > > > for the installer. The installer showed up 2.5 hours earlier than agreed > > > upon and asked > > > if it would be ok to start. I said SURE and he then proceeded to figure > > > out the best way to run a high quality phone line from the trunk before > > > the splitter to the room in my house where I wanted the dsl. After > > > that was installed he tried to use there speedstream dsl router on the > > > line. It would not sync up at any dsl speeds from 768k down. He tried 2 > > > more of the same type of router with no luck. He then went out to the > > > truck > > > and got a flowpoint 4 port manageable sdsl router and tried that. It > > > worked > > > rather quickly. So he told me that I was getting a good deal because he > > > was going to be leaving me this very expensive manageable router instead > > > > > > of the cheapy dumb speedstream. I was very happy with that as I was not > > > going to be charged any extra. And to top that off I got that $150 covad > > > > > > rebate off the equipment. > > > > > > Now that everything is installed and working at 768k/768k I continue > > > to get GREAT speeds and low latency for longer than 6 months. For > > > example > > > in quake 3 the first page of available multiplayer games are usually all > > > > > > less than 40-50 ping. I usually play on a 20-30 ping server. > > > > > > I run multiple domains, email, quake server, dns, and alot of other > > > services. Onvoy even put in a reverse dns entry for my domain in there > > > records. Onvoy is treating me like a business fractional T1 account > > > without the business cost. > > > > > > Very happy with Onvoy/Covad! Very peeved at Qwest(US West) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > tclug-list mailing list > > > tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > > > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -- > > Eric F Crist > > System Administrator > > Ardent-Hacker.net > > _______________________________________________ > > tclug-list mailing list > > tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list