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Article #359Re: did the uverse
From: Adam H. Kerman
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:34
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:34
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Geoff Gass <glg@tanzenmb.com> wrote: >Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> wrote: >>Cydrome Leader <presence@mungepanix.com> wrote: >>>There's some mandatory modem you need to get for $100. It's total >>>bullshit, but they don't seem to be items you replace all that often. >>I think you need it though, the one they gave me is a hybrid of sorts, does >>the adsl2+ or whatever it's called compatability, which is only good to 6mb >>and the other mode for the "up to 24mb". >I think his objection is probably less that one does need different >equipment over "old" DSL and more that they're forcing him to purchase it >from them. He could probably find one for a lot cheaper than $100. No, his objection is the same as mine: AT&T customer service demands that the subscriber buy new equipment, without having any ability to explain why the old equipment is incompatible. On the cable side, DOCSIS 3.0 is backwards compatible. Why isn't ADSL? C.L., I'd be very curious to know if you could get it to work with your current equipment.
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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: did the uverse
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