[Roanon]

Originally posted by Slynky:
Which, BTW, is one reason I didn't get DSL (too many horror stories about the stupid technicians who tried to install it).

Strange. At least here in Germany, is is the simplest thing in the world. You just get 2 units, Splitter and Modem, for easy and nearly idiot-proof self-installation. (idiot-proof: proof until someone makes a better idiot) Then you just have to hope that someone at the phone company manages to switch DSL on. DSL outage can happen, but is becoming less frequent, about half an hour every three months here and right now.

But, on the other hand, here in Germany I don't know any weird installations with analog lines and DSL - I don't even know if you are able to get them here. ISDN and DSL, thats the standard. And phone companies use a pricing policy that effectivly discourages the usage of analog lines.

[ August 15, 2003, 20:36: Message edited by: Roanon ]