Important Information on Your DIRECTV DSL Service

Tanner Lovelace ncsa-discussion@ncsysadmin.org
19 Dec 2002 13:29:39 -0500


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On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 11:20, James Brigman wrote:
> DIRECTV dsl subscribers are going to find Time Warner a rude awakening.
>=20
> For more information, talk to me off the discussion list if you want to. =
If
> you live anywhere near Wake Forest and are considering RR broadband, then
> you very much need to talk to me first.
>=20
> After the ice storm, I lost AC power for less than a day. I lost telephon=
e
> for about a day and a half. Time Warner CATV and RR was down for over fou=
r
> days, and it was down last night for more than a couple hours due to DHCP
> failure.
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> I can't switch ISP's just yet (hence, switching my email address: I was a=
n
> idiot for not getting a hotmail forwarding account) so I'm stuck for now.
>=20
> But when I can, I'm going to switch to a DSL provider because they do a f=
ar
> better job of keeping their systems up and running and in good shape. The=
y
> run their systems much more like a utility instead of a hobby.

Well, for what it's worth, I live in Durham and have had RR for over
2 years and I can count the number of down times on one hand. =20
I suspect it depends on where you live.=20

Cheers,
Tanner
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