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- Path: bristlecone.together.net!usenet
- From: krw@together.net
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Any way to fight the phone company?
- Date: 7 Feb 1996 04:16:52 GMT
- Organization: TGF Internet Services
- Message-ID: <4f993k$p3c@bristlecone.together.net>
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- In <4f7j27$8lf@gti.gti.net>, cuthe@gti.net writes:
- >FYI, to follow up on my original post, which asked how I can deal with the
- >phone company's stance that they don't promise any given data rate on a
- >residential line (I wasn't able to get over 21.6kbps on my new second line).
- >
- >My third call to the phone company over a week was answered by someone who was
- >able to do a remote test of my line and said it came back as "Open Out"
- >meaning that there was an imperfection somewhere between the central office
- >and my building. That justified them sending out a repair person, even though
- >I had voice-grade use working.
- >
- >The tech came today (Sunday) and we worked out a great solution for us all --
- >we swapped my second and first phone lines, so my second one was the perfect
- >one, and the first one was sufficient for voice calls. I'm happy to be able
- >to cruise again at top speeds, at no additional cost to me.
- >
- The phone compane is requred by the FCC to provide a minimum service
- level. (If anyone would care to provide a pointer, we'd all apreciate it).
- The problem is that wothout specialized equipment, who knows what service
- you are indeed getting.
-
- I've heard of customers complaining that their 14.400 Baud modems don't
- work. The phone company replies that they only support 2,400 Baud
- modems (they are correct). The customer made the wrong complaint.
- The phone company, to be generous, played back the part line. The truth
- is that the phone system will usually exceed 2,400Baud and thus 28.8K
- and even 33.6K is possible.
-
- My problem is a bit different. They're doubling the maximum telephone
- rates here ($30 and change to $50 and a lot of change per month), so
- instead of thinking about a secong line for the computer, I may go to
- off-line mail and news feeds.
-