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Article #260Re: uverse and fake uverse
From: Adam H. Kerman
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:25
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:25
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dye <dye11@ppp-69-216-240-92.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net> wrote: >My parents have moved to a retirement community condo, and are >having internets problems. >They want POTS and internet service. A guy came out and said the >signal was too weak and 2 pairs would have to be used, and that >can't be done. When they told him about neighbors 2 doors down >that have this exact setup, he told them his boss says they aren't >doing that any more. >They are coming out tomorrow afternoon to install something else, >and of course my parents can't tell me what that is. >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? >I made sure to have them call me when the installers arrive. >If the uverse internet has better bang/buck than DSL, is tnere >any thing I can say to the installers to make them do the >right thing? I have POTS, with fake Uverse over that single pair, same as before when I had DSL.
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