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

[MK Davis]

Are there any old TelCo guys/dolls out there who know what a subscriber 
line meant back in the seventies?
Sorry - folks the the phone company lines, poles were paid for by the 
customer during the bad olds of regulated utilities.  even now, there 
some who feel we, the customer still own them.

mike

toddwbucy wrote:
> On Monday 25 June 2007 09:28:07 Geoff wrote:
>   
>> 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.
>>     
>
> I think the point is that the lines have already been laid.  If one just wants 
> DSL and not a phone then why can't at&t offer just the DSL without the phone.  
> Instead if one wants DSL they are offered a bait and switch of sorts.  It 
> does seem a little dishonest to say that they are offering a $10 DSL service 
> but only if you pay $24 for the phone as well.
>
> Todd
>