RE: [Nolug] Area DSL providers

Hi Chris.

Verizon and Sprint don't sell ADSL in this area, unfortunately.

The BellSouth ADSL Lite (256K/128K) won't be around much longer. The FCC
doesn't consider it "broadband" hence BellSouth has decided to stop offering
it. I believe that this takes effect Nov 15 2005, but if you already have it
you can keep it till Nov 15 2006, from what I understand.

John

    John Souvestre - Southern Star - (504) 888-3348 - www.sstar.com

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nolug@nolug.org [mailto:owner-nolug@nolug.org] On Behalf Of Chris
Johnston
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 7:12 PM
To: Nolug mailing list
Subject: Re: [Nolug] Area DSL providers

I just ordered DSL from Bellsouth and I haven't even received my modem yet.
Today I was watching G4Tv and I saw a commercial for Verizon online DSL for
14.95/mth. It even has a download speed of like 780k. My Bellsouth DSL is
24.95/mth for 250k down and 128 up. Would it be possible to purchase this
rather that Bellsouth?

Chris Johnston
-----Original Message-----
From: -ray <ray@ops.selu.edu>
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 18:44:00
To:nolug@nolug.org
Subject: Re: [Nolug] Area DSL providers

On Tue, 8 Nov 2005, Simon Dorfman wrote:

> Anyone know if anyone in NOLA can do DSL without a landline?

No one in the southeastern US can offer that due to Bellsouth. It's
called "naked" DSL, or "unbundling" voice from data, and Bellsouth refuses
to do it. You should write to Jay Blossman, your public service
commissioner, and demand that Bellsouth offer DSL without a landline.
I've done this twice, and haven't even gotten a response from the LPSC
(www.lpsc.org for contact info).

Of course it'll never happen now with Bellsouth whining about how many
billions it's costing to rebuild their network. They dont want to share
their lines with *anyone*, with or without a landline.

ray

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