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Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
> Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> wrote:
>>Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>>>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.
> 
>>well, I don't question that my current modem probably doesn't work at 
>>speeds much faster than I have now.
> 
> The lie they told me that I could "upgrade" to Uverse but my current
> equipment wouldn't work even at the same speed. I decided it was a scam.

was it though? When you order service online, there's no option to remove 
the modem. When you call, you can't get online pricing.

>>I just recall the days where if you signed up, you got whatever
>>hardware you needed included at no extra cost.
> 
> If you get insistent, they might give you a rebate. They always have
> some stupid promotion going on.

the promotion I get is some amount removed from each bill for some many 
months.