TELECOM Digest OnLine - Sorted: Re: SBC Dial-up Internet Modem Speed Only 28.8 Kbps in Westland, MI

Re: SBC Dial-up Internet Modem Speed Only 28.8 Kbps in Westland, MI

Kay Archer (kayhyphenarcher@cableone.net)
Wed, 10 Nov 2004 01:10:22 -0600

N Joltt <njoltt@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:telecom23.537.8@telecom-digest.org:

> Dial-up speed 28.8 Kbps is the abosulate maximum. Most of times it is
> just 26.4, sometimes 14.4 or even lower. So if you want to rent an
> apartment in Westland, Michiagn, just be aware of this fact. SBC would
> not do anything about it, because the voice bandwidth up to 3K is all
> they care about. As long as they meet the voice line quality, any more
> improvement for other purposes (such as dial-up Internet access) is
> deemed unnecessary. And due to (or because of) that, they're
> aggressively promoting DSL in my area. What an irony.

This is going to be true of _any_ telephone service. As long as your
faxes (14.4kbps) are not garbled they will not work on your phone
lines.

> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: I think most people prefer cable internet
> service over DSL. Is SBC saying a service provided by their company,
> (SBC/Yahoo Internet) is 'unnecessary' ? If you go with cable internet,
> then you can probably drop SBC entirely if you wish, and go with one
> of the CLECs in your area. That's what I did over a year ago, it has
> worked out quite well. PAT]

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