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To: Scott Moody who wrote (3311)	4/5/1999 8:08:00 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Respond to of 12823

Point well taken, Scott. The competitive influences of the ISPs and the latter day CLECs/DLECs may be the salvation you are looking for. My own personal experiences bear out what you are saying, and I live in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, 15 minutes from Wall Street by express bus. And I still don't have Cable Modem or DSL from either of my two incumbent providers. I will likely be getting a first offer to bail me out from an AOL or a Covad/Northpoint/Rythyms... or some still-unknown garage outfit, i.e., to supply me with my first water main, before Bell Atlantic or Time Warner steps up to the plate. One possible alternative for me is the Speed.us [SPDE] antenna farm that just sprouted up a quarter of a mile from my home, in the Brooklyn Army Terminal on Shore Road, but I'm not holding out too much hope there, waiting to see what they do, given their history in previous life. We'll see how that one goes this time around. And so it goes... Frank_C.

To: Scott Moody who wrote (3311)	4/5/1999 11:50:00 AM
From: lml	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12823

Scott: I feel you your pain -- to borrow a phrase. If you lack patience, which is understandable at this point, you might want to look into DirecPC that offers up to 400Kbps downstream bandwidth via wireless-satellite technology. Its something to consider, especially if you live in the boonies. Right now, demand for DSL is tremendous. Many teleco customers will not get DSL when expected for various reasons. Notwithstanding the distance problem, which may or may not be resolved this year, the telecos must address the condition of its copper loops, some of which may not be suitable for transmission of broadband DSL. Some lines must be conditioned for DSL by the elimination of bridge taps & loading coils on the line. Assuming all the foregoing issues can be overcome, there still may be a wait given a shortage of manpower to provision DSL. Bottom line: don't hold your breath.

To: Scott Moody who wrote (3311)	4/18/1999 8:40:00 PM
From: JW@KSC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Re: "I WANT MY DSL" Scott, and since the Spring of '96 I've been saying "I Want My DMT", but Bell South is too busy dicking around in south Florida to deploy here on the Space Coast. Not that I have any objections to the Cubans having DSL, but right here we have the Space Shuttle, Titan, Delta, and Atlas Rockets and SpaceAge Communications at the Cape, and I have to deal with 56K access to my ISP! In fact we have one of the Highest number Online Users in the U.S. , something's wrong with this picture!!!! TWC says I can have a Cable Modem by Fall, choke choke, but I guess it's better than 56K. hey were promising a revolution in the World Wide Wait. I haven't seen any progress yet. Cable modems maybe, but I live in the boonies and don't have cable access. Perhaps this may help: High-Speed Surfing -- Tired of the World Wide Wait and overhyped technologies that don't deliver? Here's everything you need to know to hit the Web at warp speed. techweb.com At least in '96 I picked the right Line Code, not the one full of C_AP. All the old DSL'ers had a recent surge in unison, check out the charts, members.tripod.com You neglected to say who your Local Phone CO. is? Have you talked to them about getting ADSL? Regards, JW@KSC