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<div><span class="959040916-24032010"><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff">From what I read in the forums about the alcatel, that is your bottleneck (I have the same one I think - a not-quite-rectangular box about 6-7" tall and 10-11" wide, right?) Basically,
the fact you are getting more than 3mbs is supposed to be impossible [just like it was "impossible" for me to get ANY DSL at 40,000 feet from the CO?]</font></span></div>
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<div><span class="959040916-24032010"><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff">What were they expecting to charge for the hardware in the first place? Sure, a rebate is nice, but consider: you've had that modem for 10 years - any discount you received on it,
even 100%, has been fully amortized by now, hasn't it?</font></span></div>
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</b>Claude Felizardo<br>
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<div>Does anyone have an unused DSL modem, preferably 2-wire? Anyone switch to U-verse or cable?<br>
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I called AT&T and asked about U-verse w/o TV and was told there would be a $145 installation fee unless ordered with at least TV service. <span class="959040916-24032010"><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff"> ...</font></span><br>
The guy was very helpful and said he normally does email support and the occasional phone support but is always looking for referrals. If anyone wants his name, phone number and extension, please ask off-list. <br>
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<div><font face="Courier New"><font color="#0000ff"><span class="959040916-24032010">It
</span><span class="959040916-24032010">sounds like we are in the same boat - sure, I'd love to get the info on this guy, I should probably upgrade my system now too... </span></font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Courier New"><font color="#0000ff">BTW: which "pseudo-ISP" were you with before the upgrade? pacbell, sbc, yahoo, at&t<span class="959040916-24032010">, prodigy?</span> [by "pseudo-ISP", I mean that all of these are or were the same company
- it just depended on when you started service and whether or not you were [forcibly] migrated from one to another as the "contract" the baby-bells had with whomever was re-written from time to time]<span class="959040916-24032010"> In keeping your static
address, did you also keep the same ISP?</span></font></font></span></div>
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