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Old 02-16-2009, 05:31 PM   #17
sclitheroe
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Originally Posted by TurnedTheCorner View Post
I am having a service technician come to the house -- apparently they need to come to the home for the install, and I also have to designate one of my phone jacks to be dedicated to internet service. Not sure of the technical aspects of it. I was also told that 1) the 2wire gateway I have should be fine for this speed, but I am being sent a new Siemens gateway in the mail "just in case", 2) I may be getting slower than advertised speed now due to sharing the phone and DSL service - the microfilters can help but not eliminate these speed issues.

The tech visit is tomorrow, so I'll keep you posted. Good luck with the online ordering, I was too leery to try it myself.



What kind of speed are you getting now? Close to 6?
My install is scheduled for the 19th, so please let me know how it goes for you. I asked tech support via an email why a tech had to come out, and was told it was due to the "complexity" of the Turbo service. I am guessing that what they do is use the second physical phone line as a dedicated ADSL line, hence the need for a tech to switch the wiring on one jack over to the second line at the wiring block where their cable enters the house.
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