Re: [TCLUG:15736] MediaOne

["Bob Nolte" <bob.nolte@pc4u.com>]

Be patient. I ordered 144 IDSL from Onvoy/Covad/USWorst on June 17, 1999. It
was finally operational on February 17, 2000!!!!.  I live in Eden Prairie,
and had RoadRunner installed in addition to Onvoy last Friday. The
RoadRunner is blazing fast!! BTW I'm using the a Linksys Etherfast Cable/DSL
router running NAT on the RoadRunner connection.
I expect to keep the IDSL to server web and mail and use the RR for dl and
surfing. Onvoy has been fine, once USWorst got the line installed.

Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Kleist" <dkleist@acm.org>
To: <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2000 2:17 PM
Subject: RE: [TCLUG:15736] MediaOne


> 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.
>
> -------
> 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? :)
> >
>
>
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