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Re: why the push for DSL->Uverse

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From: Eric
Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 16:18
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Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> wrote in
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> Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>> Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> wrote:
>>>Geoff Gass <glg@tanzenmb.com> wrote:
>>>>Michele Goudie <dont.even@trythisathome.com> wrote:
>>>>>On 5/25/2012 6:15 AM, Bruce Esquibel wrote:
>>>>>>Michele Goudie<dont.even@trythisathome.com>  wrote:
>> 
>>>>>>Just curious if your 10% went over 6mb from the normal fastest dsl
>>>>>>or if was just some slower speed that picked up a bit for no
>>>>>>reason. 
>> 
>>>>>It would be the latter.  Things were maxing out around 3mb, now
>>>>>it's pushing 340k with some bursts up to 360k.  I'm not the one in
>>>>>charge of the DSL around here, so I have no idea if we're capped or
>>>>>if we're stuck with slow speeds in general.
>> 
>>>>>Never think to ask because the DSL's rarely under heavy use and
>>>>>there's no streaming video going on except from the intranet.
>> 
>>>>sounds like you have the "marketing" uverse like bruce does as
>>>>opposed to anything coming out of one of those VRAD boxes.
>> 
>>>maybe this explains the normal sized modems and the 1970s sized piece
>>>of shit I have. "real" uverse people get the stupid sized device?
>> 
>> Yes. My friend is in a Real U-verse area. I'm in a Fake U-verse area.
>> We both have the same device you have.
> 
> So real and fake uverse people al get the large stupid device? Bruce
> has a normal sized device though.

I have the huge device at home with the battery backup for the phone. At 
work I have a motorola device that's about 9 x 6. 

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From: Eric <ericw2000@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: why the push for DSL->Uverse
Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 16:18:18 +0000 (UTC)
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