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In article <36FD31C7.BCD@xnet.com>, Obill875@xnet.com says...
> Has anyone heard when TCI will be activating @home in the rest of
> Schaumburg, IL, specifically Node 25 near Weathersfield Way and Roselle
> Road?  When I visited the @Home open house at CompUSA in Schaumburg (feb
> 27th), they said it would be available by the first or second week of
> March.  In order to get $75 off of the installation I had to sign up
> that day.  To get my first month free I had to buy the @Home software
> ($22 after corporate discount).  So now I have signed up for the service
> but I haven't heard anything, not even an estimated time frame of when
> it will be available.  If anybody has any info, it would be greatly
> appreciated.
> -- 
> Thanks,
> Bill Shelly
> *To reply, please remove the "O" from my email address.  Thanks!*
> 
Yeah, they will probably install the other portions as soon as they 
get enough people to pre-pay as you did! It's not cheap to run cable! 
heh

TCI@Home has been running into problems with their initial Schaumburg
rollout (I was one of the first in the area to get hooked up, and it was a
painful process).

I'm guessing that they are trying to make sure everything is right before
they light up the remaining nodes.  Their little fiasco with my install cost
them a free install + free month.  I doubt they want to do that for all of
Schaumburg.

On the positive side of things, the performance itself is great.  I don't
know how long this ultrafast connection will last, but it's certainly A Good
Thing.  I get faster transfer rates than I do at the office (and that's
quite a statement when you consider I work for a major communications
company.)

Alternatively, Interaccess now has Schaumburg on their list of DSL areas -
I'd at least call them up to have them determine if they can service your
area.  If they can, I'd tell @Home to hurry it up, or give you the install
for free if they want your business.  If @Home drops the ball, then go with
DSL.  In the long right, it might be the best thing available.

bill875@xnet.com wrote in message <36FD31C7.BCD@xnet.com>...
>Has anyone heard when TCI will be activating @home in the rest of
>Schaumburg, IL, specifically Node 25 near Weathersfield Way and Roselle
>Road?  When I visited the @Home open house at CompUSA in Schaumburg (feb
>27th), they said it would be available by the first or second week of
>March.  In order to get $75 off of the installation I had to sign up
>that day.  To get my first month free I had to buy the @Home software
>($22 after corporate discount).  So now I have signed up for the service
>but I haven't heard anything, not even an estimated time frame of when
>it will be available.  If anybody has any info, it would be greatly
>appreciated.
>--
>Thanks,
>Bill Shelly
>*To reply, please remove the "O" from my email address.  Thanks!*

Jim wrote:
> 
> TCI@Home has been running into problems with their initial Schaumburg
> rollout (I was one of the first in the area to get hooked up, and it was a
> painful process).
> 
> I'm guessing that they are trying to make sure everything is right before
> they light up the remaining nodes.  Their little fiasco with my install cost
> them a free install + free month.  I doubt they want to do that for all of
> Schaumburg.
> 
> On the positive side of things, the performance itself is great.  I don't
> know how long this ultrafast connection will last, but it's certainly A Good
> Thing.  I get faster transfer rates than I do at the office (and that's
> quite a statement when you consider I work for a major communications
> company.)
> 
> Alternatively, Interaccess now has Schaumburg on their list of DSL areas -
> I'd at least call them up to have them determine if they can service your
> area.  If they can, I'd tell @Home to hurry it up, or give you the install
> for free if they want your business.  If @Home drops the ball, then go with
> DSL.  In the long right, it might be the best thing available.
> 
> bill875@xnet.com wrote in message <36FD31C7.BCD@xnet.com>...
> >Has anyone heard when TCI will be activating @home in the rest of
> >Schaumburg, IL, specifically Node 25 near Weathersfield Way and Roselle
> >Road?  When I visited the @Home open house at CompUSA in Schaumburg (feb
> >27th), they said it would be available by the first or second week of
> >March.  In order to get $75 off of the installation I had to sign up
> >that day.  To get my first month free I had to buy the @Home software
> >($22 after corporate discount).  So now I have signed up for the service
> >but I haven't heard anything, not even an estimated time frame of when
> >it will be available.  If anybody has any info, it would be greatly
> >appreciated.
> >--
> >Thanks,
> >Bill Shelly
> >*To reply, please remove the "O" from my email address.  Thanks!*

Jim,
Thanks for the information.  Luckily I tracked down a TCI tech.  He said
that he is currently testing the service himself and has had no
problems.  When I asked when the service will be available on node 25,
he said sometime within the next 30 days.

-Bill
*To reply, please remove the "O" from my email address. Thanks!*

Jim wrote in message <2WNL2.168$XV6.14817@PM01NEWS>...

>Alternatively, Interaccess now has Schaumburg on their list of DSL areas -
>I'd at least call them up to have them determine if they can service your
>area.  If they can, I'd tell @Home to hurry it up, or give you the install
>for free if they want your business.  If @Home drops the ball, then go with
>DSL.  In the long right, it might be the best thing available.


DSL is no panacea either.   I have been told that Ameritech will not install
DSL to any homes that are farther than 18,000 ft from the CO.  This limits
DSL dramatically.   This is line length and not as-the-crow-flies.   I live
closer than 18,000 ft from my CO (if there weren't any trees, I could see
the building with binocs), but Ameritech insists I am farther in "cable ft".

The current DSL systems sold by the ISPs are handled by Northpoint.  The
service is indeed faster than modems, but it's very costly.  It peaks just
where ADSL starts (1.5Mbs).

Ameritech is in no hurry to offer fast, fast service either.   They aren't
about to cut into their revenues they get from all the T's they install.

ISDN is probably what we will see for at least the next 18 months.

Tim Mavers wrote in message ...
>Jim wrote in message <2WNL2.168$XV6.14817@PM01NEWS>...
>
>>Alternatively, Interaccess now has Schaumburg on their list of DSL areas -
>>I'd at least call them up to have them determine if they can service your
>>area.  If they can, I'd tell @Home to hurry it up, or give you the install
>>for free if they want your business.  If @Home drops the ball, then go
with
>>DSL.  In the long right, it might be the best thing available.
>
>DSL is no panacea either.   I have been told that Ameritech will not
install
>DSL to any homes that are farther than 18,000 ft from the CO.  This limits
>DSL dramatically.   This is line length and not as-the-crow-flies.   I live
>closer than 18,000 ft from my CO (if there weren't any trees, I could see
>the building with binocs), but Ameritech insists I am farther in "cable
ft".


Hmm, I thought DSL had a further range than ISDN?

>The current DSL systems sold by the ISPs are handled by Northpoint.  The
>service is indeed faster than modems, but it's very costly.  It peaks just
>where ADSL starts (1.5Mbs).


From what I hear, Interaccess provides their own DSL, they *are* the CLEC.
At least, this is what they posted not too long ago.  They are charging $80
a month for up to 1.5Mbit/s.  Install + hardware is extra.

>Ameritech is in no hurry to offer fast, fast service either.   They aren't
>about to cut into their revenues they get from all the T's they install.

I doubt that is why they've been dragging their feet, after all, any
business that relies on a T1 or higher will probably continue to want to
rely on that.  DSL is aimed primarly at the SOHO / Telecommuter / poweruser
segment (which ISDN has long tried to address).


>ISDN is probably what we will see for at least the next 18 months.


That and Cable.

Jim <jim@nospam.org> wrote in message news:K46M2.202$XV6.18970@PM01NEWS...

> Hmm, I thought DSL had a further range than ISDN?

No, DSL is pretty distance restricted. Anything over about 1500 ft. and your
bandwidth degrades to hell, from what I gather.


> From what I hear, Interaccess provides their own DSL, they *are* the CLEC.
> At least, this is what they posted not too long ago.  They are charging
$80
> a month for up to 1.5Mbit/s.  Install + hardware is extra.

Yeppers. No Ameritech charges at all if you go through us. Given my
experience with Atech with ISDN, I see this as a Very Good Thing (tm).

> >Ameritech is in no hurry to offer fast, fast service either.   They
aren't
> >about to cut into their revenues they get from all the T's they install.

Their DSL plan seems to be weirdly restricted. They have only three little
service areas, dictated by specific agreements with institutions (I hear the
reason they are in Michigan where they are at is due to some agreement with
U of Mich). Fine by us :)

> I doubt that is why they've been dragging their feet, after all, any
> business that relies on a T1 or higher will probably continue to want to
> rely on that.  DSL is aimed primarly at the SOHO / Telecommuter /
poweruser
> segment (which ISDN has long tried to address).

Yes, it's currently a great deal for SOHO's. However, it's cost
effectiveness compared to T1's/Frac T1's is much greater for the bandwidth
you get. There are versions of blahDSL that can pump up to 7.6MB down, which
I've seen in action personally.

> >ISDN is probably what we will see for at least the next 18 months.

At least on the South Side, unfortunately.


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Supervisor, Web Support
InterAccess Co.