Don't hold your breath
I moved a couple months ago, and had DSL at my prior residence through Earthlink. Naturally, when I moved, I was a little concerned that DSL would not be available in my new area. But I said to myself ‘It’s central Denver. The Qwest building with the blue logo you can see for 30 miles around is just down the street. You’re fine.’
And the Earthlink site thought so, too.
So weeks go by. A month. Two months. No response from Covad or Mindspring or Earthlink telling me when my service was going to be installed. So I called them up, and asked why no one had contacted me about my order. ‘Your order was cancelled, sir.’ Okay, why? ‘Because all of our circuits in your neighborhood have been used up.’ So what can I do? ‘ Try another ISP, or resubmit your DSL order in 90 days.’ So I thanked him (especially for the free Earthlink dialup service I’d been receiving, which he promptly ‘fixed’ for me), and said I’d try another service provider. I broke down and called Qwest up. They told me they could install it, they’re just not sure when. So I wait. Yesterday, I get a call from Qwest letting me know that my order has been put on hold, because ALL THE CIRCUITS in my neighborhood are being used. Mother fuckers. I hate this bullshit. So I’m stuck on dialup for who-knows-how-long, until basically, someone else cancels their service. But, as we all know, to get DSL you usually have to sign lengthy contracts. Fuck them. Does anyone know of any alternative broadband solutions that aren’t cable or DSL (AT&T doesn’t have cable modem service in my area, either)?
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Try Sprint Broadband… I think it works like PCS on steroids with a little satellite action for good measure. http://www.sprintbroadband.com, I think.
It took me over 3 months to get my DSL… I was on a waiting list too.
Get on the list and wait it out…. Try the Sprint stuff if you can live with the Terms of Service… its a link from their page… check it out… its pretty bad. Actually, I think we linked to it from Alternate… Do a search on our site???
NY Times story for you
The gist of the story is that this company, Angel Technologies wants to have high altitude aircraft flying 24/7 over your city…to supply you with broadband access. Crazy I know…
Actually.. that Sprint broadband direct sounds like a netconnection made in heaven.. especially with my AirPort hookups in my house.. it could an all-wireless party.
Sprint Broadband looks like what I’d get, too… But I live in West Bumfuckville. At least the views are beautiful from here.
If you just lived on the OTHER side of the mountain, it’d be all good.
Try Sprint Broadband… I think it works like PCS on steroids with a little satellite action for good measure. http://www.sprintbroadband.com, I think.
It took me over 3 months to get my DSL… I was on a waiting list too.
Get on the list and wait it out…. Try the Sprint stuff if you can live with the Terms of Service… its a link from their page… check it out… its pretty bad. Actually, I think we linked to it from Alternate… Do a search on our site???
NY Times story for you
The gist of the story is that this company, Angel Technologies wants to have high altitude aircraft flying 24/7 over your city…to supply you with broadband access. Crazy I know…
Actually.. that Sprint broadband direct sounds like a netconnection made in heaven.. especially with my AirPort hookups in my house.. it could an all-wireless party.
Sprint Broadband looks like what I’d get, too… But I live in West Bumfuckville. At least the views are beautiful from here.
If you just lived on the OTHER side of the mountain, it’d be all good.