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John Palmer wrote:

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I don't think the technology is the problem, but the competence (or lack of it) amongst the major players. All of our problems have not been related to the DSL technology

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rather the screwups of the providers.

Have you considered the possibility that you weren't paying for competence? If you chose to call the _business_ services group of any of the involved providers, and order a T1 at normal price, you might discover whether they're competent or not.

-Bill

Excuse me, but we are a Business customer and are paying for business-class service. We dont need a T-1 because we dont need that bandwidth.