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Article #261Re: uverse and fake uverse
From: dye
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:45
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:45
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In article <k6sfie$vop$2@news.albasani.net>, Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote: >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. Does the fake uverse (data only) have provisions for 2 copper pairs, like real uvers? --Ken -- Ken R. Dye an optimist is a guy | Chicago, Illinois that has never had | http://dye.datsun510.com/index1.html much experience | dye1146 at g mail dot com archy |
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Subject: Re: uverse and fake uverse
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