[cfgeeks] Wish Me Luck - Bringing on COVAD

[Graham Christensen]

Dave Hudson wrote:
> Ok, the infamous straw that broke the camels back showed up last night.
>
> My wife had an all-nighter to pull as they were doing an upgrade.
>
> Around 10:00 pm it started raining.... mind you nothing crazy, just some
> standard, run-o-the-mill water falling from the sky kinda of stuff.
>
> Within 10 minutes we lost connectivity.   It was down for a couple of hours
> before it came back up.
>
> So once it came back on-line, i hopped on the COVAD site and signed up for
> Dedicated ADSL2+ which is supposed to give me 8mb down / 1mb up.
>
> I hope it lives up to its promise and doesn't also go out every time it
> rains...... they have a "30 day risk free trial" - so i'll let you guys know
> how it goes.  Its a bit pricey at $149 a month.... but it means I can ditch
> Bellsouth completely, which is $80 (since i have to have phone line)... it
> will be worth the few extra bucks if i get piece of mind....
>
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Good luck with it, but because of the way DSL works I'm not sure on your 
success. The DSL is still going through Bellsouth's lines and systems 
for part of the journey. I guess it all depends on where the problem is.

Good luck!