[SATLUG] AT&T $10.00 DSL Ordering - Easiest Way

[Geoff]

Sean Carolan wrote:
>>
>> because the asynchronous data travels up/down the telephone line.
>> think of the name of DSL... "Data Subscriber Line".  You have to have a
>> connection from the telco to your house to get DSL.
>
> The telephone lines have already been laid, so I'm still not clear on
> why I have to buy a phone line to get DSL.  From Wikipedia:

You lost me there.  Wiki's are not the 'end-all' to knowledge, as much 
as some people want them to be.

The phone line is at the pole.  The line comes from the pole to your 
house.  The lines are ran into your house.  Until your line is connected 
at the CO, you don't get -any- service on the POTS line.  Punto.