Re: [vox] PacBell DSL alternatives

["John C. Alden" <jcalden@MAPSucdavis.edu>]

At 10:22 AM 8/10/01 -0700, Debi wrote:
> > Previously, it had
> > worked great.  Now, on my line converted to use ADSL, we can also
> > use dial up as good as before, but my line that was previously used for
> > modem still cannot be used for dial up.   PacBell did something
> > to the wiring in our area that broke normal dial up, but enabled me to
> > get ADSL.

Maybe they multiplexed your line.  When I worked for DCN a few years
back, a large number of Dixon customers had a hard time dialing in--all
starting the same day, and all with the same prefix/exchange. PB will
never confirm or deny that your line is mux'd (they only guarantee voice
quality/bandwidth, and save line-installation $$ by muxing), but I was
able to talk to a line tech directly who confirmed these series of phones
were recently mux'd; I guess they deinstalled the mux because all the
customers started working later in the day.

--john


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John C. Alden, jcalden@ucdavis.edu & jcalden_www@yahoo.com
Programmer-Analyst III
Dept. of Applied Science
University of California, Davis  
http://www.das.ucdavis.edu/
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