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0 pointsderwiki2y ago0 comments

Reminds me of a few years back when my dad tried to get ATT DSL for my grandpa’s house. ATT told him they couldn’t find his address with their system. My dad reminded ATT they had a landline through ATT for fifty years. “Sorry, different system.” Got cable internet instead.

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tekknik2y ago

This is curious. Is it because they hadn’t upgraded the lines out to the residence? I had always understood DSL used existing phone lines.

mango72832y ago

From the context it's nothing to do with the technology, it's the bureaucracy refusing to accept they already have the address.

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tekknik2y ago

This is curious. Is it because they hadn’t upgraded the lines out to the residence? I had always understood DSL used existing phone lines.

mango72832y ago

From the context it's nothing to do with the technology, it's the bureaucracy refusing to accept they already have the address.

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