RE: [TCLUG:7745] Cable Modems, DSL,

[Unni Nambiar <unambiar@Legato.COM>]

There's a company called Covad Technologies (http://www.covad.com) also
providing DSL services in Minnesota besides USWest.  Their ISP partner is
Onvoy (http://www.onvoy.com).  Personally, i feel their prices are too high.
Don't know if they can solve the digital loop issue (whatever that is).

Or you could move ? ;-)

-Unni

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randy Hayman [mailto:rhayman@visi.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 9:27 AM
> To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
> Subject: [TCLUG:7745] Cable Modems, DSL, 
> 
> 
> Greetings!
> 
> I'm looking for any high speed Internet access without going 
> to a one-way
> cable modem setup.
> 
> Apparently the house I'm in is on a digital loop from the CO, 
> such that
> US W[e,or]st will not allow me to be set up for DSL.
> 
> What other options do I have (in Eagan) for two-way high 
> speed (128KBps
> minimum) access?  MediaOne will only provide for a one-way 
> cable modem.
> 
> Have any others done any research in this area yet?  I've tried search
> engines, local tech links and pages, and haven't found any possible
> solution yet.  Am I relegated to turtle speed access just because I'm
> on a digital loop?
> 
> My current dial-up speeds from my 56K modems are only 26,400 - 33,300
> Bps.  I fear these reduced speeds are due to the A/D and D/A 
> conversions
> to and from the digital loop.
> 
> Comments?
> 
> 
> 
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