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 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at 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 at 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
