[SATLUG] DSL - San Antonio - Problem Update

[Thomas King]

> I have been helping a friend of mine who has DSL. Some of my friends who
> have TW cable have not had any problem at all. This is the second time I am
> hearing about the quick installation of cable. In one of the apt complexes
> here in SA, some one posted a msg like yours. The technician was around and
> the line was connected within 2 hours. Couple of time when I had to help
> friends with cable, it was a piece of cake, even for a novice like me. On
> the dsl problem the line was checked with five different computers, three
> different modems, and two visits from the phone company dsl tech. Have been
> told by a friend of mine who subscribed to newly introduced Uverse (?) high
> speed hook up from AT&T, techs visited his home 20 times to resolve
> problems. It looks like the dsl/Uverse technology still is not mature and
> stable, in spite of all the ad campaign we see all the time on Internet, TV
> and print media.
>
> My 0.02.

You're right about AT&T U-Verse still not being mature. They put out boxes that
were as heavy as big LCD monitor, all metal, and they pushed it out too soon.
They had to replace all the boxes with Motorola boxes, and replaced older
versions of their 2-Wire with new ones with newer innards. The old boxes
constantly locked up. I think many other cities AT&T pushed U-Verse out to
learned from San Antonio. It's decent when it works.