William H. Magill on Fri, 7 Jul 2000 10:35:37 -0400 (EDT)


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Re: [PLUG] Bell atlantic just reduced their prices on DSL


>   The price means nothing to me until I see some line speeds.  Bell
>   apparently likes burrying them.
>
>   The best info I could find was "Downstream Connection Speed Ranges:
>   256kbps - 640kbps".  They don't even list an upstream connection speed.  I
>   guess the speed is probably comperable to what I've ordered for $50/mo
>   (608k/128k), but just looking for this info was a gross enough experience
>   to keep me far away.
>
>   Plus there's my 6 free static IPs & no pppoe to deal with.

No, you are ahead...BA's uplink is very slow - only 90K.

(I have no idea who bacreative is... must be a new Verizon division.)

http://www.bacreative.com/retail/pricing.htm

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William H. Magill                          Senior Systems Administrator
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