Broadband, Explained

The very funny James Lileks actually explains his DSL trouble in terms we all can understand:

As it turns out, the Qwest and COVAD people will meet together at my house tomorrow to solve the problem together. Apparently the COVAD guy can't enter a house, or he turns into a skeleton a la Pirates of the Caribbean. And the Qwest guy can't handle the outside wires. It's a Jack-Sprat-and-his-wife thing.

Comments

[Ray]

I tried Qwest for a very short while, then I fired them.

Cox costs a little more but is far better in overall service and performance, at least in my case.

[Muddlemen]

I'm guessing JL would have less trouble if he had purchased his DSL directly from Qwest, and hadn't got the Covad free-riders/middlemen into the mess.