Re: [PLUG] @home (and Covad)

[Kevin Brosius <kbrosius@kns.com>]

Yeah, I should have mentioned speed is distance from telco dependent...

I had some trouble with the connection disappearing with my initial
setup.  Like you describe, the internet would not be visible through the
router.  In some cases it even seem to lose route to certain
destinations and not others.  It occurred weekly on my initial install,
with power cycling of the router/modem fixing the problem.  I finally
called them and mentioned the problem, and it's been rock solid for ~2
months now.

Kevin


Charles Stack wrote:
> 
> My DirectTV DSL line is rated at 622/80.  I see 560/80 on a good day.
> Nothing better.  One thing is for sure...I fail the medium bandwidth tests
> on dslreports.com.
> 
> My experience with DirectTV/Telociy has been mixed.  In general, it works
> well.  However, they seem to have a lot of SMTP/POP3 outtages.  Yesterday, I
> actually had to reboot my DSL modem despite both lights being green as I had
> no connection.  This is the first time I've had to do that in about a month.
> 
> Charles
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org
> [mailto:plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org]On Behalf Of Mike Leone
> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 11:28 AM
> To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] @home (and Covad)
> 
> > I'm fairly happy with Directv DSL wired by Verizon.  And they have an
> > intro deal of $19.95/mo for the first three months, then $49.95/mo
> > after.  What speed line is the $60 Covad line?  The Directv DSL lines
> > are 640/128 in my area (and from what I've read should be the same in
> > the rest of PA), so don't believe that you'll actually get the peak 1.5M
> > as advertised on Directv DSL's web page.  (http://www.directvdsl.com/)
> 
> I have DCA wired by Verizon, and I have 640/90. Sure yours is 128? Or does
> Verizon's upload line provisioning differ by area?
> 
> Maybe you can get the 1.5M ... if you pay Verizon's ... $79.95 ? ... per
> month line charge for it. I pay $39.95 for my line; $10 more for DCA ISP
> services, for the same total that you pay. I know that I could pay Verizon
> more per month, and get higher bandwidth, with no extra charges from DCA. It
> would be neat to have my own T1 equivalent (download speed) to my house, but
> I'm not complaining too much.

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