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[Janina Sajka]

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 at 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
> 
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