Comment Re:I think you're screwed (Score 1) 254
This is the same story I got from my phone company (Qwest). My entire neighborhood is on 'pair gain'. The best dial-up anyone can get is 28.8k with 26.4k being the norm and the phone quality (voice) is noticeably poor. An honest sales guy at Qwest was nice enough to tell me DSL will *never* happen unless they invent some entirely knew technology.
Several of the people on my street complained about the line quality in a concerted effort to make something happen. Really quite hopeless I know but it caused Qwest to send out contractors, on Easter day no less, who replaced all the lines on our street. Just the copper from the poles to the houses. Of course it didn't help at all but it was interesting to see the telco reaction and we were really excited (stupidly) for those two hours while they replaced the lines.
I really think I should only pay half price for my phone service because that's about what I'm getting.
Several of the people on my street complained about the line quality in a concerted effort to make something happen. Really quite hopeless I know but it caused Qwest to send out contractors, on Easter day no less, who replaced all the lines on our street. Just the copper from the poles to the houses. Of course it didn't help at all but it was interesting to see the telco reaction and we were really excited (stupidly) for those two hours while they replaced the lines.
I really think I should only pay half price for my phone service because that's about what I'm getting.
