Re: [TCLUG:10159] DSL

[Peter Lukas <peter@math.umn.edu>]

The covad folks should be installing my 384K SDSL line this Saturday.
Funny, U S West can't/won't even qualify me for 256.  Their equipment
looks to be much more capable of handling DSL duties than the 675
deathtrap (only time will tell, though).

VDSL is a 70MBps-ish DSL service designed to compete with broadband.  It
promises full cable television equivalence while running over existing
POTS lines.

By the way, the Covad/Onvoy deal is offering free installation, free first
month and free CPE.  It also includes the plain vanilla Internet account
and (although I'd rather do without one) a static IP address.  Until they
realize it doesn't scale well, their DSL service is provisioned for
bridging mode, not PPP.  Has anyone else ordered DSL service from
Onvoy/Covad (the network formerly known as MR-NET)?

Peter Lukas

On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Ben Kochie wrote:

> I was talking to people up here in princeton, and I got tiped off to
> another DSL provider in the cities. "NorthStar Access"  they are a
> replacement Telco for USWest.  not a service reseller.  they have been
> trenching fiber up here, and are doing all kinds of cool things. (like
> putting teh fiber cable strait to the house, and switching it there.)
> they use Next Level DSL modems, and not teh cisco netspeed's.  they also
> use VDSL.  Has anyone heard anything about this, or knows anything about
> VDSL.. 
> 
> http://www.nlc.com (next level)
> I don't ahve a link for northstar.. I don't remember it.. it looks like
> they are asociated with MRnet and sherbtel
> 
> Thank You,
>         Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)
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