On Feb 6, 2009, at 1:59 PM, DJ Delorie wrote: > I have a friend who lives 0.5 miles from the CO. Unfortunately, if > you *drive* to the CO it's 4 miles or so. The wires go under a river, > it seems! He got DSL once by finding someone who knew the wiring > layout and was willing to TDR the lines to prove it to management, but > "something happened" and he lost that DSL service, and can't get it > again, because the TDR guy is no longer around.
Ugh! :-( > (we have "naked dsl" around here - the phone company provides the > wires, the ISP provides the bits) That's the way it used to work everywhere, until telcos saw dollar signs and started to become ISPs. -Dave -- Dave McGuire Port Charlotte, FL _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user