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Article #801Re: Bell Canada ADSL... Sucks!
From: Bob Carrick
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 00:00
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 00:00
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With a little more info some of us might be able to help you tweak your connection so as you have nothing to worry about but the reconnect when you boot. Bob -- For those who believe, no explanation is necessary... For those who do not, none will suffice... http://www3.sympatico.ca/bcarrick/ Lucas Tam <uutp@home.com_REMOVE> wrote in message news:r84P3.142$547.9099@news1.rdc2.on.home.com... > I was a cable modem user until I recently went to university in September. I > signed up for Bell Canada's ADSL service, and have regretted it since. > > #1. Bell Sympatico lost my order TWICE > #2. It took 4 weeks to get my modem > #3. The service requires a patch... or else you can't get online > #4. The waits on the phone for service ARE LONG! 40+ mins. > #5. Upload speeds are SLOW > > Now that I finally have ADSL service... it's reliability is non-exsistent. My > connection locks up every 5 - 10 minutes for 30 seconds or so. Furthermore, I > always though ADSL was a PERMANENT connection... but Sympatico has a stupid > access manager. > > A little bit of advice for everyone wanting to get ADSL... > > Sure get it... > > If you want to get screwed over like me ; ) > > P.S. Until I used ADSL I thought Cable was bad... but now I realize how much > better it is. > > P.S.S. Nothing beats POTS Modems! >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10c8f2,56839a6427d730b4 X-Google-Attributes: gid10c8f2,public X-Google-Thread: f5dc1,56839a6427d730b4 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5dc1,public X-Google-Thread: 113850,56839a6427d730b4 X-Google-Attributes: gid113850,public From: "Bob Carrick" <bcarrick@sympatico.ca> Subject: Re: Bell Canada ADSL... Sucks! Date: 1999/10/19 Message-ID: <UM4P3.17507$up3.23536@news21.bellglobal.com> X-Deja-AN: 538158535 References: <r84P3.142$547.9099@news1.rdc2.on.home.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 X-Trace: news21.bellglobal.com 940366004 216.208.11.239 (Tue, 19 Oct 1999 16:46:44 EDT) Organization: Sympatico X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 16:46:44 EDT Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems.cable,comp.dcom.xdsl,can.internet.highspeed