[wplug] DSL or higher ISP?

[Michael Semcheski]

Saw this in the news today:

"North Pittsburgh sets merger close date"
North Pittsburgh Systems Inc. and Consolidated Communications Holdings
Inc. said Monday they have set Dec. 31 as the closing date for their
merger.

http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2007/12/10/daily1.html?ana=from_rss


On Dec 6, 2007 1:32 PM, Brian A. Seklecki
<lavalamp at spiritual-machines.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 3 Dec 2007, DK wrote:
>
> > I have been rather happy with Nauticom, which apparently uses
> > PennTelecom outside of North Pittsburgh Telephone service area.  I do
> > not if it is available in your area, but it is worth a look.
>
> They're the same company.  North Pittsburgh Systems Inc.
>
> When they are not the ILEC, they order new copper from the ILEC and punch
> it into thier DSLAM which they co-locate at the ILEC's CO.
>
> Where as Verizon will recycle any random pair of copper that has
> continuity (never mind if its been sitting in an inch of water for 5
> years).
>
> They'll also prequal you at 18->25k feed, two hundred feet of which is IN
> THE CO as it wraps around the DSLAM 50 times making a nice little
> soilnoid.
>
> ~BAS
>
>
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