keith smith wrote: > Hi, > > I just moved into a house in South Chandler and when Cox configured my > Internet and phone, they had to setup a temp connection. This consists of a > coax running through my back yard down the side of my house and into the > junction box. Funny thing is the box that services the 5 housed in my > cluster is all of 2 feet from the junction box into my house. > > I'm not making this up. When Cox engineered this sub-division they made a > mistake and put in a 4 node connection. The tech that came out to followup > told me they could not add me to that box. > > They have to connect me to the box that serves another set of houses. This > requires running a conduit about 18 inches underground along the sidewalk > (from behind my house) and under my driveway to the junction box on the other > side of my house. I was told it would take around 6 weeks to get the permit > to do so. It is unclear how much longer it will take after that. I was told > they are putting a rush on this project. > > I work out of my house and would like to find an additional solution. I like > Cox. I've had cox service for maybe 6 years now. I had been with Qwest and > had DSL for a while. Liked them also. > > I'm thinking that maybe I'll try qwest or look at that as a backup plan. > > I'm wondering about what DSL routers are being used and the quality. When I > had DLS last I had a Cisco rounter that would overheat. I had little problem > with mine. The Cisco was nice in that it was programmable. Then I had an > ActionTec (sp) , however that would not allow for port forwarding even though > it was a feature. > > Looks like DSL speed is way up. Any input or suggestions on Qwest DSL? > > Thanks in advance! > Keith >
I had c...@home for many years after it was first available. When I moved and cox tried billing me for my old hookup and my new one at the same time, I got po'd and switched to DSL. I've had nothing but trouble with Cust Svc from both companies. No problem really with the technology though. I have a newer actiontec presently, and I believe it allows port forwarding, but I've configured it to bridge to my ipcop firewall. ;) -- -Eric 'shubes' --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
