It just dawned on my that my new Covad account has an upload speed of 128k and a
download speed of a thousand-and-something k.
There's got to be a business reason, but what?

Hey all.....
I'm thinking about getting SBC DSL, but I had my voice line turned off
years ago, and use my mobile phone exclusively for voice.
I went to the SBC signup site, but I don't have a phone number to enter

I´m facing an annoying problem with a Dlink DSL-502G and Windox XP
SP2.
Everything seems to be working ok, except the DHCP server.
The Dlink is working as a router, and yes, the DHCP server is enabled.

I wanted to ask which ISP providers in southern California offer the
best service - no downtime or any other trouble. And for a reasonable
price.
Second question is the hardware.

Does anyone know if a class action lawsuit has been brought against
Verizon for requiring active local phone service in order to utilize
their $29.95/month DSL service? I have tried contacting them several
times regarding this requirement and get bounced from department to

I am running a Bell South DSL that seems to go dead whenever there is a
lack of activity. I also have a cable broadband line that is always on.
The cable never has these sorts of problems.  How can I prevent the DSL
line from going off-line short of rebooting the system?  Very ...

Got a new Speedstream 5200 modem from my ISP.
It came with a "configuration program" on a CD. The program wants to run
with Administrator privileges on my W2K computer. I don't like to run
unknown programs with Administrator privileges, so I didn't; who knows

I was wondering if it is possible to complete the following chain, and
if it is, specifically what equipment do I need?
home computer -> dsl modem 01 -> phone line -> dsl modem 02 -> CAT5
cable -> switch -> work LAN

We have ADSL and are having some problems with people hearing us.
We were thinking that switching to SDSL would help. Is SDSL generally
better? And is the CIR higher?
Also, any general recommendations on improving our VoIP when using DSL as

I have just started using Verizon DSl and I am using Westell 327 DSL
Modem/Router which can connect to 4 computers.   Currently I am using
Internet on one of my computer which has XP operating system.  I have
another computer which has Windows 98 SE on it and I want to share the

I'am currently on a 2M DSL connexion with 4 PC connected to the router
in subject and everything is working with no problem; I'll have soon an
8M DSL connection. Will my RT314 router still work w/o any problem ?
TIA

I've tried to run a simple test to surface my local webserver on the web.
I've removed DHCP from the PC and hard coded its IP to 10.0.0.2. Following
the guidelines from
http://www.nzdsl.co.nz/howtos/Alcatel/alcatelpinholing.html I created a NAT

   I am just wondering why would any go for T1 lines since it so expensive
compare to xdsl. Consider distance is not an issue.

I have 2 computers (a desktop and a laptop) and a wireless router. The
desktop is connected to internet (through USB) and to the router (via
ethernet). The laptop has a WiFi connection to the router. The IPs and
operating systems are the following:

I have DSL with BellSouth, connecting through a USB DSL modem.  This
does not allow me to hook up a router, so I'd like to buy a new one.
BellSouth wants $100 for a Westell 6100.  I did a quick search on eBay,
and found DSL modems for about $15 delivered.  Thinking about buying