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dye <dye@ppp-69-216-240-92.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net> wrote:

> I am assuming what they ordered was POTS and uverse internet,
> probably because they were told DSL is not available (this is
> what they had at the old house, and they were happy with it).
> Now that are being hooked up to something else, my guess is
> that it will be DSL.

> My question is, which uverse were they being told won't work,
> the real or fake?  Do fake uverse boxes have provisions for
> 2 sets of pairs?

It sounds like the setup I have at the house.

We used to have pots with the dsl on it, then I got the notice they HAD to
install Uverse, no choice in the matter.

What they ended up doing was leaving the pots line, taking off the dsl on
it, ran a new dual-pair (something like ethernet cable) into a different
modem/router/wifi box.

For all practical purposes, it's dsl, 6mb down, 784k up. It just seems to be
a slightly different transport where if they ever upgrade this area to "real
uverse", they don't have to do anything in here, everything is already wired
in and ready to go.

Even though I have a Uverse account and it's called Uverse internet, I
really don't have Uverse. I cannot get the tv service or phone service over
Uverse at all currently, just the internet service.

And the uverse internet service I have is exactly the same as the dsl I used
to have. It just seems like they treat DSL as a dirty word now, in areas
that had it, it's no longer available, just the uverse internet service which
appears to be a clone of it.

Like I said, if they ever install the real uverse around here, supposedly
with one phone call I can order and get the 24mb/3mb (or whatever it is)
internet with them just pushing a button, no further installation needed.

So your folks are probably better off getting the fake dsl over uverse.
It'll work like plain dsl and if they ever upgrade the area, can get better
speeds later without the hassle of a new install.

-bruce
bje@ripco.com