You have Covad?  I feel sorry for you.  I ran into all sorts of
problems with those folks when I first started up with Excel
Telecommunications, but alas I have switched OS's on account of them
in addition to going back to Qwest.

Kevin.


On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 15:44:45 -0600, gkrueger <gkrueger at cleosci.com> wrote:
> First, I'm not sure about Qwest DSL when not a Qwest subscriber.
> 
> Second, I do have DSL through Covad on my Qwest phone line.  I know
> Covad works with 6 or 7 phone providers (meaning, as long as your phone
> service is from one of the 6 or 7, they can provide DSL to you).  Maybe
> this will help you...
> 
> Ben Bargabus wrote:
> 
> >Sorry for the off topic post but I remember reading a bit about this at
> >some point and I'm fairly sure it was on this list.  I'm getting a
> >little sick of my $120/month phone bills and was thinking about going to
> >Vonage to cut that back a bit.  I seem to remember someone here posting
> >that you can have Qwest DSL without having Qwest phone service, is that
> >[still] true?  Looking at my itemized bill from Qwest I have the
> >following items...
> >
> >Digital Subscriber Line Res - $14.95
> >Qwest Choice DSL Dlx - $28.00
> >Caller ID - $6.95
> >Line-backer Inside Wire Repair Plan - $4.75
> >Voice Messaging - $6.95
> >Qwest.net Internet Services - $21.95
> >[Misc local fees] - $13.52
> >[Misc AT&T fees] - $10.79
> >[long distance tax and surcharge] - $1.82
> >
> >If I dump Qwest other than for my DSL connection do I just pay the
> >$28.00 Qwest DSL Dlx fee or do I still pay for the basic line fee too?
> >Does Vonage have similar taxes and access charges to Qwest or are they
> >truly $25/month out the door?  Qwest.net doesn't do a thing for me as a
> >service provider so continuing to pay $21.95/month for them seems silly,
> >can someone recommend a good but cheap alternative for DSL access as an
> >ISP?  I really don't need anything but the other end of my connection.
> >I don't care about static IPs, I don't need phone support, I don't need
> >web server space, I don't even need a POP account.  The only things I'd
> >like are that they keep up with the 640kb I get from Qwest and that they
> >don't cap total transfer bandwidth over any period of time (not that I
> >really transfer that much but I don't want to have to worry about it).
> >
> >Vonage users, did you have to purchase any hardware to make the system
> >work?  Did the hardware they provide (if any) just plug right into your
> >network hub/switch and run?  Anything you wish you'd known ahead of time
> >that you can pass on to a potential customer?
> >
> >Again, sorry for being off topic.
> >Ben.
> >
> >
> 
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