RE: [TCLUG:15736] MediaOne

[Dave Kleist <dkleist@acm.org>]

Not so crazy if you ever consider what it takes to get Onvoy to get Covad 
to get USWorst to do any work.  More like a sick joke (as I wait for the 
fourth week on word about getting my IDSL data loop installed from 
USWorst).  Apparently, the Onvoy/Covad pairing are in a bit of a pissing 
match with USWorst, so God help any individual that gets caught between 
them.  I almost considered Roadrunner (which is now available in my area), 
but their agreement conditions are incredibly restrictive.  Combined with 
the level of service to be expected from AOL/TimeWarner, and I think I'll 
pass on that.

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Dave Kleist            | "Adventure is a sign of incompetence"
dkleist@acm.org    |                      - Vilhjalmur Stefansson

On Sunday, April 09, 2000 10:48 AM, Gabe Turner (officer) 
[SMTP:dopp@acm.cs.umn.edu] wrote:
> Actually, I learned a little secret from someone I know who works at 
USWest:
> A lot of people near the TC can't get DSL from USWest, so they call 
Onvoy.
> Onvoy, of course, wants to be a major DSL competitor.  The thing is, 
Onvoy
> doesn't install the phone lines, USWest does.  So when you can't buy DSL 
from
> USWest and Onvoy takes you on as a DSL customer, USWest is _legally_ 
required
> to run the lines so that Onvoy can give you DSL, since they control all 
of the
> lines, and therefore, could monopolize over the DSL market.  So, once 
you've
> gotten your Onvoy DSL, you'll then be eligible for DSL from USWest, since 
they
> had to run new lines for you to be an Onvoy customer.  Crazy, eh? :)
>