From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-083.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.83] helo=toccata.grg.afb.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 15v7cm-0004lS-00 for ; Sat, 20 Oct 2001 21:42:00 -0400 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.grg.afb.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id f9L1fkp19340 for ; Sat, 20 Oct 2001 21:41:47 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.grg.afb.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 21:41:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: janina@toccata.grg.afb.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: DSL Providors In-Reply-To: <20011020164240.A20120@asmodean.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Well, speakeasy is a covad reseller, so maybe they'll do that for you. I don't recall that I pressed the point, though I may still want to do that myself. On Sat, 20 Oct 2001, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: > Are they ardball about having an existing working phone line? Reason I > ask is because if I don't find a local phone company other than > southwestern bell I may just live off my cell phone? When I had > Earthlink/Mindspring.com dsl service late last year it was on a data > line that Covad installed completely seperate from my swbell line. > People who don't understand dsl will say that you have to have a working > dialtone in order to get dsl but it's not true. So wonder if > speakeasy.net is that way. I can alsways call and ask but wondered if > anyone knew. > > Janina Sajka said the following on Sat, Oct 20, 2001 at 05:13:40PM -0400: > > PS: The self-install was a breeze. I unpacked the box and never worried > > about reading any slip of paper. I already knew my ip, dns, and gateway > > because I got them in email. So, I just hooked up the cables and restarted > > networking. What plug was what was very self-evident. Bingo, I had a > > connection. Piece of cake.. > > > > > > -- > > --- Raul A. Gallegos mailto:raul@asmodean.net http://www.asmodean.net > For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals.. Then > something happened, which unleashed the power of our imagination... > We learned to talk... Pink Floyd - The Division Bell > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp