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Re: upgrading to telco DSL--charges?

From	"879" <879@nospam.com>
Newsgroups	alt.folklore.computers
Subject	Re: upgrading to telco DSL--charges?
Date	2016-01-09 18:11 +1100
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"Dave Garland" <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> wrote in message 
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> On 1/8/2016 12:22 PM, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
>> On Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 8:52:36 PM UTC-5, Jon Elson wrote:
>>
>>> DSL is REALLY sensitive to the condition of the lines.  If your phones 
>>> buzz
>>> and crackle when it rains, DSL will not work great then, either.
>>
>> I had a problem with that, but they put me in a new pair.
>>
>> I think I'll be ok as I'm close to the central office.  On dial-up,
>> I get 52.
>>
>> When there are power outages, even week-long ones, my landline phone
>> always keeps working.
>
> Indeed. Don't count on your DSL doing likewise.Mine dies instantaneously 
> along with the neighborhood lights. And the power issue isn't something 
> that can be dealt with by your battery backups (I've got those). But those 
> long outages aren't very common, so (depending on your personal 
> requirements) maybe shouldn't be a big issue.

> Though my friend in Atlanta says everybody's got backup generators, 
> because the outages there are so frequent, so YMMV.

Weird that a first world country would put up with such an obscene result.

We don’t normally get one a year and they rarely last that long.

Thread

upgrading to telco DSL--charges? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-06 12:46 -0800
  Re: upgrading to telco DSL--charges? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 19:24 -0500
  Re: upgrading to telco DSL--charges? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-01-06 19:18 -0600
    Re: upgrading to telco DSL--charges? Jon Elson <elson@pico-systems.com> - 2016-01-07 19:52 -0600
      Re: upgrading to telco DSL--charges? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-08 10:22 -0800
        Re: upgrading to telco DSL--charges? The New Other Guy <Newsgnus@gmail.com> - 2016-01-08 10:49 -0800
        Re: upgrading to telco DSL--charges? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-01-08 23:46 -0600
          Re: upgrading to telco DSL--charges? "879" <879@nospam.com> - 2016-01-09 18:11 +1100
            Re: upgrading to telco DSL--charges? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-01-09 11:56 -0600
              Re: upgrading to telco DSL--charges? "879" <879@nospam.com> - 2016-01-10 06:17 +1100
              Re: upgrading to telco DSL--charges? Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-01-09 19:21 +0100
                Re: upgrading to telco DSL--charges? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-09 11:59 -0800
                Re: upgrading to telco DSL--charges? Lon <lon.stowell@comcast.net> - 2016-01-10 14:29 -0700
                Re: upgrading to telco DSL--charges? "879" <879@nospam.com> - 2016-01-10 08:07 +1100
                Re: upgrading to telco DSL--charges? Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-01-10 12:08 +0100
                Re: upgrading to telco DSL--charges? "879" <879@nospam.com> - 2016-01-11 04:16 +1100
              Re: upgrading to telco DSL--charges? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-09 14:41 -0500
              Re: upgrading to telco DSL--charges? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-09 11:57 -0800
                Re: upgrading to telco DSL--charges? "879" <879@nospam.com> - 2016-01-10 08:11 +1100
            Re: upgrading to telco DSL--charges? Lon <lon.stowell@comcast.net> - 2016-01-10 14:31 -0700
  Re: upgrading to telco DSL--charges? The New Other Guy <Newsgnus@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 17:52 -0800
  Re: upgrading to telco DSL--charges? "Jack Myers" <jmyers@n6wuz.net> - 2016-01-08 10:15 -0800
    Re: upgrading to telco DSL--charges? Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-01-08 22:12 +0100
      Re: upgrading to telco DSL--charges? Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> - 2016-01-08 17:11 -0600
    Re: upgrading to telco DSL--charges? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-08 18:06 -0500

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