Daiquirii Posted August 9, 2006 CID Share Posted August 9, 2006 dsl is not that hard to set up at all. But how many phones do u have? We have seven, 1 in basement, 4 on first floor, 2 on second. I think that you can only have five lines, and my dad doesn't want to have to buy all that equipment. Plus we need to be able to hook up three computers to be online at the same time (one desktop and two notebooks), so I'm going to have him get a wireless thinger. I dont even know if you can have multiple connections with DSL. Anyways, the less equipment the better. Plus, for an extra five bucks or so over the AOL crap we can have cable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted August 9, 2006 CID Share Posted August 9, 2006 We have seven, 1 in basement, 4 on first floor, 2 on second. I think that you can only have five lines, and my dad doesn't want to have to buy all that equipment. Plus we need to be able to hook up three computers to be online at the same time (one desktop and two notebooks), so I'm going to have him get a wireless thinger. I dont even know if you can have multiple connections with DSL. Anyways, the less equipment the better. Plus, for an extra five bucks or so over the AOL crap we can have cable! you dont need alot of equiptmnet with DSL, your thinking that you need a phone line filter on every line in the house you dont, you just need one on the modem, You can have as many connections as you want on the DSL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted August 9, 2006 CID Share Posted August 9, 2006 you dont need alot of equiptmnet with DSL, your thinking that you need a phone line filter on every line in the house you dont, you just need one on the modem, You can have as many connections as you want on the DSL. hmm....thats odd, for verizon we need a filter on all the phones except for the modem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted August 9, 2006 CID Share Posted August 9, 2006 hmm....thats odd, for verizon we need a filter on all the phones except for the modem you can do it both ways, but the less of them the better your speed will be, becuase each filter on your line add about 500-800 feet of distance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daiquirii Posted August 9, 2006 CID Share Posted August 9, 2006 hmm....thats odd, for verizon we need a filter on all the phones except for the modem thats how it is for my grandmother's sbc, and they said that there could only be five filters. In the end my dad is going to go with whatever he can get for the cheapest, he doesn't care about connection speed or anything like that. My luck he'll stay with the AOL dial-up until they discontinue it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted August 9, 2006 CID Share Posted August 9, 2006 the best way to do it is to go to wherever the phone line comes into the house and split off a line to the dsl modem. then you have the part that branches out to all the old phones in the house. put one filter in front of that and all the phones are covered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xx Mazza xX Posted August 9, 2006 CID Share Posted August 9, 2006 I remember I accidentally clicked on the AOL thing on my desktop a few years back, somehow they got our credit card number and started charging stuff, of course we put a hold on the card and called up one of there representatives. AOL sucks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted August 10, 2006 CID Share Posted August 10, 2006 I remember I accidentally clicked on the AOL thing on my desktop a few years back, somehow they got our credit card number and started charging stuff, of course we put a hold on the card and called up one of there representatives. AOL sucks... Brutal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest philp Posted August 10, 2006 CID Share Posted August 10, 2006 My luck he'll stay with the AOL dial-up until they discontinue it... That's how they get ya! They won't discontinue it as long as they can charge you for the garbage they provide. Which is exactly why they are so uncooperative when you call to cancel them. If they frustrate you long enough to get you to hang up in disgust before they agree to your demands, they win and you continue to pay. You MUST have the strength to stay with it until you talk them into cancelling your service and you get a confirmation number. Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. Should have gotten a freakin' medal for spending almost 45 minutes on the phone with a very pleasant sounding (but apparently brain dead) lady who, like all the customer "service" reps at AOhell, was paid to berate people until they give up trying to get away. A friend of mine told me about the sign over the door to US Special Forces sniper school that said "You can run, but you'll die tired." I bet the one at AOL says "You can call, but you'll die listening to 'you've got mail'. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daiquirii Posted August 13, 2006 CID Share Posted August 13, 2006 the best way to do it is to go to wherever the phone line comes into the house and split off a line to the dsl modem. then you have the part that branches out to all the old phones in the house. put one filter in front of that and all the phones are covered. I told this to my dad, and he went ahead and ordered the AOL DSL. Hopefully I get good speeds, maybe it will make up for having to have the aol crap installed. Now all I need to do is get a router... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted August 13, 2006 CID Share Posted August 13, 2006 Just keep filling out those questionaires, maybe it will pay for one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted August 13, 2006 CID Share Posted August 13, 2006 I told this to my dad, and he went ahead and ordered the AOL DSL. Hopefully I get good speeds, maybe it will make up for having to have the aol crap installed. Now all I need to do is get a router... maybe for a million bucks i would want the aohell stuff installed. imnsho aohell is almost as bad as google. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oleg25 Posted June 10, 2007 CID Share Posted June 10, 2007 What most people do not know there are lots of good Dial-Up providers for $5.95-$6.95 a month unlimited access Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted June 11, 2007 CID Share Posted June 11, 2007 And another old fashioned revival. Yeah, it is not expensive. And they offer the same speeds. Welcome to the forum Oleg25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crpticdan Posted June 11, 2007 CID Share Posted June 11, 2007 AOL continues to loose subscribers because they suck. the charge you $10 extrax a month to use aol with your exsing broadband connection, and since most broadband connections cost $40-$50 a month its just way to much money. you can get verizon FIOS for $49.99 a month and get more speed then ever. and still use your AOL IM. AOL is now free and no longer 10 bucks for BYOI(Bring your own ISP). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oleg25 Posted June 11, 2007 CID Share Posted June 11, 2007 So If someone has DSL they can have their AOL for free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crpticdan Posted June 11, 2007 CID Share Posted June 11, 2007 So If someone has DSL they can have their AOL for free Yup you can, the only draw back is no web based support. I use AOL and dont pay for it. Free AOL FAQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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