I just ordered the cheap DSL lite that Verizon started offering,
768/128.  In the past they had offered a 3.0 MBPS download service, and
I had been told by their website that if I got that I would likely be
limited to about 768/128 because of my distance from the CO.  My

For rural users too far from the central office to qualify for ADSL,
why doesn't the phone company just use a second (or more) pair of
wires from the bundle on the pole, effectively doubling the wire size,
e.g., in http://www.iec.org/online/tutorials/adsl/ Am I off my rocker?

The previous owners of our home had a filter installed next to the NID
to separate the DSL and voice signals. There is only one jack in one
room in the house dedicated to DSL - this is the only place my modem
gets sync. However, I want to set up my computer in another room, and

Using a 2 wire modem hooked to a netgear router. When I shut my
computer down the light on the router shuts off for Number 2, yet on
the other computer the light never shuts off, always shows its getting
a signal off Number 1.

Group...
This has been probably asked a thousand times, but here I go again:
Is it possible to set the VPI/VCI to "8/35" on cisco 677?. I know the
usual "no-brainer" answer is "no", but please read below about a

I want to convert my second phone line that I use for dial-up to an
extension on my first phone line, which I will be getting DSL on.  Will
it work if, after cancelling service for the 2nd phone line, I take the
wires off the screws they're on in the NID and put them on the same

A couple of days back I have taken a DSL Modem/router (make is D-Link
502T) and broad band connection. I connect to my computer (PIII 700MHz
128MB 120GB WinXP) through USB port as I don't have Ethernet card
(RJ45) on the computer. In the second USB port I connect an optical

Here is a message that I just sent to SBC Globalnet, recorded here for
posterity:
Tonight, I reinstalled an image of my program drive, with all previous
software installed.  I had been able to install SBC Globalnet DSL

New to DSL. I have a network. Wired and wireless with three computers.
I am having a problem that I can't seem to microsoft update, HP printer
software update and sometimes connecting to the POP server to receive
email.

alarm/security system: active or not (call alarm/security company for
filter instructions)
utilities: does the meter report by phone? filter must be provided by
utility company

my modem freezes and the internet kicks me out, everything is like
frozen i have to shut down, when i shutdown it is also frozen then i
have to restart, what is the problem?

Is there any security risk if I leave my router powered on when I turn
off everything else every night?

Since I started with SBC Yahoo DSL and using the 2 Wire modem, I have
noticed that if I get a email using office XP and there is a link in
the email it will not bring up the browser. Instead it says that it has
restrictions set by the administrator. I tryed to call and do the

If you want to skip this preamble and get right to my question, head for the
end of this post.
I'm new to the Netopia line of products so I've been having "fun" tinkering
with this unit. One thing I noticed comparing the menued UI to the output

I live in a rural area, and I'm probably at (or maybe even beyond) the
maximum DSL distance limit of my telco remote office.
It's likely that I'm pushing my rural phone line beyond it's speed
capabilities.  The reason why I was even hooked up to DSL in the first