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Re: uverse and fake uverse

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From: dye
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

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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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