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To: Paul K who wrote (5788)	2/1/1999 7:31:00 PM
From: Rick Faurot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Hmmn..I thought GTE was on a Sprint backbone..guess I was wrong

To: Paul K who wrote (5788)	2/11/1999 8:50:00 PM
From: Paul K	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

It looks like GTE is rolling out it's ADSL installations gte.net Even though you punch your phone number into the website gte.com and it says it's 'not available in your area' it turns out they could be installing anyway. Calling the toll free number said it IS available. Over the past 6 months I had sent them several emails and filled out several online forms, but they still did not let me know it was available... I had to ask. They are only announcing it on their ISP home page, and not promoting it to the general public yet because they need to take care of the pent-up demand. I ordered it on Monday, they did a loop test today and called to say the line qualifies for 'all speeds'. They can install next week. I'm going with the Silver package (256kbps x 64kbps) for $35/month (one year contract) for the DSL connection from home to the central office, from there my packets travel by frame relay to one of half-dozen ISP's I can choose from. I'm going with GTE as ISP at $25/month for unlimited use (one year contract) When you choose GTE as your ISP you can get a special installation deal 'good till the end of the month' (which has been 'good till the end of the month' for each the past 6 months.) The $99 installation package gets you a $300 DSL modem, an installer comes out to install a DSL/voice line-splitter (I think this is the outside-of-the-house kind) and one data jack, then someone from gte.net will come out to configure your computer. Get this: they only support Windows 95 and Explorer 4.0 (from the CD-ROM) because that's what their installers are trained on. If I'm using Win98, NT4, or a Mac I have to install/configure myself and they will not support it. gte.com So I think I will have to set up a HD partition with just Win 95 so GTE can come out and configure it, this will become my QOS (Quality of Service) OS. I want them to test/confirm proper operation so I can point a finger at them if it does not work (I pay them for that privilege) instead of them pointing the finger at me. Then I will configure my other OS's. The cable TV company cannot provide cable modems until they rewire the neighborhood 'after December'.