OT: internet phones

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This public service announcement was brought to you by Mike Schwartz (PC
Support & Services, Appleton, WI):
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>      SBC has been working with me over the past year or so.  We've tried

Ah, so you're now being serviced by AT&T?  :(  Funny how they're getting
the baby bells back.  And from what I heard of SBC pre-buyout, their
service is worse than BellSouth's, in general.  However, it sounds like
they're at least trying for you.  That's encouraging.

> everything we can think of.  They put in an "official" DSL filter box
> outside and ran a separate (DSL only) line into my house.  They switched
> my copper.  They even ran a new 18-pair line from my backyard junction
> box up to my house.
>
>     On my end, I've done everything they requested, including hooking
> an old computer directly to the DSL without any router/firewall so they
> could run diagnostics on it.  I even disconnected all my phone lines for
> several hours while they ran these tests.
>
>      Last Friday they replaced the entire electronics module where my
> copper meets their fiber optic, which is about 5000 feet from my house.
> Over the weekend I had several glitches, but on Monday and Tuesday, not a
> single glitch.  Maybe they have nailed the problem, but I'm not holding
> my breath...

Have they replaced the $7m switch with the DSLAM in it yet?  :) *grin*

Boy, talk about your elusive problems.  That's an experience I'm glad I'm
not having.  I surely don't envy you.

Let us (or at least me) know what it is when you find out?  I'm curious now
as to what it could be.

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