I was reading the minutes of the last Prospect HOA meeting, and ran acroess the following:
''High speed Internet lines were discussed. It is still unknown if these lines are available through U.S. West. Commercial Application should be available through a private carrier. The City of Longmont and Adesta Communication are partners for the high-speed lines in Longmont. The City contact is Jeff Cook 303-774-4394.''
Here is what I have found out: Because of some pair gain equipment used on the phone lines to Prospect, U.S. West would not even consider offering me any kind of true DSL service. However, they said there was a possibility of getting an IDSL line installed. IDSL is not true DSL, but rather a glorified version of ISDN, but it does run fully digitally at 148K up and down, and is a dedicated line (that is, it's always up, no dialing required).
I then talked to a Pheonix DSL, which is a third party DSL provider. They were much more helpful than U.S. West (imagine that), and will be attempting to setup my house with either SDSL (208K up and down), or, if SDSL doesn't work, with IDSL. They are charging $50/month, with a free modem if you sign a 2 year contract. This price compares VERY favorably with U.S. West's prices for IDSL, but is a little more expensive than U.S. West's DSL price.
The reality about DSL (even IDSL) is that no one can really so *for sure* whether of not your home can get DSL until they come out and hook up the modem. Either the little green light goes on or doesn't. :-)
Still, it looks like Prospect residents have a good chance of at least getting IDSL at a good price.
If anyone is interested in high speed access and needs some advice or information, I'm somewhat experienced with the different options available, so feel free to email me at tom.evenson@jadesolutions.com with questions.
''High speed Internet lines were discussed. It is still unknown if these lines are available through U.S. West. Commercial Application should be available through a private carrier. The City of Longmont and Adesta Communication are partners for the high-speed lines in Longmont. The City contact is Jeff Cook 303-774-4394.''
Here is what I have found out: Because of some pair gain equipment used on the phone lines to Prospect, U.S. West would not even consider offering me any kind of true DSL service. However, they said there was a possibility of getting an IDSL line installed. IDSL is not true DSL, but rather a glorified version of ISDN, but it does run fully digitally at 148K up and down, and is a dedicated line (that is, it's always up, no dialing required).
I then talked to a Pheonix DSL, which is a third party DSL provider. They were much more helpful than U.S. West (imagine that), and will be attempting to setup my house with either SDSL (208K up and down), or, if SDSL doesn't work, with IDSL. They are charging $50/month, with a free modem if you sign a 2 year contract. This price compares VERY favorably with U.S. West's prices for IDSL, but is a little more expensive than U.S. West's DSL price.
The reality about DSL (even IDSL) is that no one can really so *for sure* whether of not your home can get DSL until they come out and hook up the modem. Either the little green light goes on or doesn't. :-)
Still, it looks like Prospect residents have a good chance of at least getting IDSL at a good price.
If anyone is interested in high speed access and needs some advice or information, I'm somewhat experienced with the different options available, so feel free to email me at tom.evenson@jadesolutions.com with questions.