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Etop Udoh wrote:

> 
>  I am located in Lilburn, Georgia which is an Atlanta Suburb.
> I recently moved into a neighborhood where all of the telephone wiring
> is Fiber Optic,
> and a repair technician who came out to the house informed me of a "High
> Speed
> Internet" feature which is provide to "Fiber Optic" neighborhoods called
> "PC Data"
> where the internet line in question is 2 pair or 4 wires and can only be
> used for data.
>  One pair is supposedly used for sending data while the other pair is
> used for receiving
> data.

Never heard of it.


>    The transmission rate is in the gigabyte range like T2 and T3
> connections offered to
> businesses, and is much much faster than DSL.
> This is all information given to me by the Bellsouth Repair Technician.
> 
> The feature or service is supposedly offer thru the 'Bellsouth Fast
> Access" department
> but I couldn't find any representative who knew what it was or how to
> order with the
> exception of one - but of course he wasn't sure how to direct me to
> obtaining the
> service.

Sounds fishy if the phone company never heard of it either.


>  Because of the fiber optic wiring in the neighbor hood, the standard
> dialup service is
> severely hindered because of a switching device called an SLC which
> converts analog to
> digital thus dropping the connection speed of standard dialup modems
> which are
> analog.   Highest speed I can obtain is 28800 compared to 52000 in a
> neighborhood
> where the wiring is all copper.

I have the fiber and copper settup also...it's running 45333 here whereas 
straight copper ran 28.8K at best.
 
> I would like to know where to obtain more info about this service and
> where to order it
> from.

Try the National Enquirer.  :)


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