[CLUE-Tech] Business alternatives to DSL.

[Ballon, Mike]

Qwest won't touch anything past the smartjack, neither will MCI...trust me
I've begged.  The owners of the property won't let me in and of course my
competitor won't either.  They have a great racket, $60 a month for service
that rarely surpasses isdn speeds.  To far for dsl (like the last guy) and
they own the telco closet for anyone with enough money to get a T1.  I was
up for a month solid until I started advertising...now there are gremlins.
I'm pretty $crewed unless the BBB steps in I think, all I can do is call and
complain and they have no problems paying someone $5 a hour to listen to me.

-----Original Message-----
From: Timothy Klein [mailto:teece at silverklein.net] 
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 12:45 PM
To: clue-tech at clue.denver.co.us
Subject: Re: [CLUE-Tech] Business alternatives to DSL.


On Monday 06 December 2004 12:31 pm, Ballon, Mike wrote:
> I'd file if I had the money or the know-how, I'm a basement tech that 
> can do networks all day but when it comes to the law forget it.  I've 
> filed with PUC and BBB so far, just pretty much waiting.
>

I'd suspect a lawsuit would be tricky.  Qwest owns the equipment up to 
the demarcation point.  No one can stop them from accessing it before 
that point.  The demarc., in a business situation, is quite often the 
main telephone closet in the building.  Which apparently your 
competitor owns.  I suppose someone could bar Qwest from working in 
there, but I have never heard of that (and I worked there for 7 
years).

There are legally mandated gaurantees for residential service -- I 
don't think there are any for business.  What a crappy competitor, 
though.
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