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Non-Tech : Bill Wexler's Dog Pound -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Y2k_fan who wrote (7635)	12/28/2000 10:51:21 PM
From: RockyBalboa	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10293

Y2k fan, where did you get that opinion that "that DSL can replace traditional 56k modem because of its incompatibility with conventional telephone lines." I always thought that the beauty of DSL is that it can be used with cheap copper lines. So the common telephony networks can be used. No ???

To: Y2k_fan who wrote (7635)	12/28/2000 11:01:14 PM
From: Bill Wexler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10293

That doesn't make much sense. the fact is that DSL is a viable technology which is here now and demand is very strong. COVD will trade significantly higher.

To: Y2k_fan who wrote (7635)	12/30/2000 12:18:19 PM
From: CWolf	Respond to of 10293

I don't usually venture into this part of SI, but since SI highlighted Bill's post about Covad, I took a look. Your response seems a bit misleading, so I'm sticking my 2 cents in to offer another view. I have had Covad supplied DSL for over 20 months with Flashcom as the ISP. I have no modems. I've had very little or no downtime. The service comes in over conventional telephone lines. I'm connected into a small router that lets me attach the 4 PCs I have in my house via an ethernet port. It's not the fastest DSL, but it is DSL, and I'm happy for it. Anyone within 16K feet of a telephone switching station should be able to get it. I tried the 56K modem approach... but strangely the best connection I could ever get was 26.4, never higher. With DSL, I simply open my browser and voila... I'm online. And by the way, Verizon can't seem to figure out how to get DSL to my house, but Covad did. Comcast/Cablevision provides my cable services and even though my community is wired with fiber optic, they can't seem to get us internet access either. I see a big future for any company that can bring DSL to people where the phone company and the cable company can't... at least for now. Long live Covad!... at least until their stock price hits that 10X or 20X level.