On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 00:39:50 -0400, "Juan Jimenez"
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On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 21:39:57 GMT, George Patterson
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Turns out I was 8,200' of wire away. He did a "line test", and put me
in contact with a person within the company (not related to the sales
team) that had me hooked up within 2 weeks.

I believe the limit on DSL is 15,000 ft from the telco facility and at that
range, quality of the signal is so degraded to be almost worthless. But
under exceptional conditions, you may get service at that distance.

I was a tad over 5 miles (25000 plus change) and it was very reliable.
Of course it was only 128Kbs and cost me nearly a hundred a month. For
slightly less than twice as much I could have had 256Kbs.

Now the local ISP is working on wireless.
I've offered to help Beta test.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com