Previously, in the thread "TOPIC: USB Modem"... At 2:57 PM -0500 11/20/2008, Dan wrote: >At 11:34 AM -0600 11/20/2008, lampbay wrote: >>The problem is with the main cable in this location - it is in a >>rural area close to a small town and they just don't want to spend >>the money replacing the twisted pair cable that has probably been >>here since at least the early sixties. The techs admitted to me >>that the cable was noisy all the way into town but claim that it >>meets their required db standards for telephone communication. > >If you can hear the noise, it does NOT meet the standards. A >complaint filed with your local and state PUCs will, um, prompt them >into fixing it. Class actions are a waste of time.
At 1:45 PM -0600 11/25/2008, lampbay wrote: >Telco sent out a friendly tech who lives in a semi-rural area as I >do. He informed me that there were no problems from AT&T's >perspective but admitted that the lines were old, probably somewhat >corroded and had not been replaced because of the concentration of >users in the area. He said the cost of running new cables - from the >box that connects with the trunk line from the main switch - to the >homes and businesses in the area was around $200,000. And that box >is about 2 miles, as the crow flies, from the main switch in the >nearest town. The likelyhood of an upgrade is slim unless the Fed >starts to print money for everyone, including AT&T, who decides to >update the telecommunications infrastructure. >The problems I can fix are an old, faulty phone and some jacks that I >can replace myself. Probably, just going to have to keep working >with the slow dial-up. At least my ISP serves many people in the >area with similar problems and offers an $80 per year connection >package. You can't beat that price and with poor quality lines, why >pay more? Congratulations. You have just been handed a bucket of BS and made happy about it. If the line is not meeting the noise specifications then the telco is *REQUIRED* to fix it *BY LAW* regardless of cost. You need to file complaints with your local and state PUCs and the FCC. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
