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Cydrome Leader <presence@mungepanix.com> wrote:
> Eric <ericw2000@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> wrote in
>> news:jmbos8$8j2$1@remote5bge0.ripco.com: 
>> 
>>> Cydrome Leader <presence@mungepanix.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> the thing os fucking huge, like it's made by russians. It's seriousl
>>>> like a foot wide, 2 inces thick and maybe 10 inches deep. 
>>> 
>>> What the hell is it?
>>> 
>>> I just looked at mine, it's like 6x8x1, with the crappy plastic stand.
>>> 
>>> This one even has the dual voip jacks too.
>>> 
>>> I know the speedstreams were a bit smaller, but they didn't have wifi,
>>> at least the one I had (that smoked).
>>> 
>>> This thing seems to be the same size as the 2wire to me.
>> 
>> Residential gets the 2-Wire, which are huge. If you get the phone service 
>> you also get the battery backup, another large piece of equipment. 
> 
> It's so fucking large it should come with rack mount ears.
> 
> So, it turns out they never switched me to uverse, because somebody could 
> not get to the basement.
> 
> No idea why they need to get into the basement, there's nothing down 
> there.
> 
> Amusingly, the tech called me at work, asking if I was home. I said no, 
> and asked if he needed to get into the basement and the answer was no, 
> just try it out after 8pm.
> 
> The crushed 2wire 1970s sized device doesn'y sync up with my existing DSL, 
> and the existing DSL is still up and working.
> 
> I did get some robot spam email saying my order has been taken and I'll 
> get a new modem or something like that.
> 
> Who want to bet that it's some refurb unit?
> 
> If you care, there's a huge uverse call center in AZ.

we're in business.

I got another call from the install techm this time he said he needed to 
get into the basement. I sugged it probably wasn't needed as I already 
have DSL and no voice service, so just change whatever at the pole or vrad 
or wherever.

The guy sounded irritated, but said he'd try it.

I got home and my current DSL modem was flashing red, so I swapped it out 
for the russian komputer modem, which took a while to sync up, but it did 
come up. I had to create a new stupid AT&T email address as I don't know 
the old one or password, but I made up some shit and got past the 
registration intercept all traffic page.

I measured a legit 11.5Mb down, 1.5Mb up.

Other than neededing a new modem that's not all pounded in like the sides 
of some ghettomobile things look ok so far.