notbob wrote:
>
> On 2005-01-09, limey > wrote:
> > DSL has finally arrived in our neck of the boonies. We've been advised we
> > can install it after 6 p.m. this evening but the heck with that. Tomorrow,
> > tomorrow.....
>
> DSL speeds are directly proportional on how far you live from the CO
> (central office).

We have some sort of "booster" just down the street. It took them weeks
to figure out it was there (ours wouldn't work without it) and kept
telling us it wasn't working because of a lamp or something emitting
electromagnetic fields. They came so often the dog got to know them all
and would let them in when we weren't home. They finally ran a wire
"straight to the dragon's mouth" (I found using the lingo of the
repairment meant the staff believed us on the phone) and decided it
wasn't in our house. One of our usual 3 was out, a replacement came and
he said 'oh there is this booster down the street and we need to run
through that' Immediate cure, almost NO hassles since. That was 1999.