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| From | kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.dcom.telecom |
| Subject | Re: AT&T Wants DSL Customers On U-Verse? [telecom] |
| Date | 2011-03-29 10:55 -0400 |
| Organization | The Telecom Digest |
| Message-ID | <imsrtm$4os$1@panix2.panix.com> (permalink) |
| References | <790703.63337.qm@web34202.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <mu2dnQCEwqDafA3QnZ2dnUVZ_judnZ2d@giganews.com> |
Sam Spade <sam@coldmail.com> wrote: >John C. Fowler wrote: > >> I have no idea if this is there for convenience "just in case" they >> decide they don't want to provide DSL anymore when U-verse is >> available, or if this is the beginning of a DSL phase-out. I do know >> that one of the reasons I keep DSL is that nice CO-powered wire that >> stays active even when a big storm takes away our electricity for a >> week, something only the phone company can provide. If they take that >> away, suddenly their competitors start to look a lot more enticing. >> >> John C. Fowler, johnfpublic@yahoo.com > >What powers your DSL modem when the power at your premises is out for a >week? Mine runs off a 12V gel-cell, although it turns out the batteries in the SLC run out after about four days and then DSL and POTS service goes out anyway. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
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Re: AT&T Wants DSL Customers On U-Verse? [telecom] kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2011-03-29 10:55 -0400
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