The Telecommunications Act

Does anyone happen to know if there's actually anything in the Telecommunications Act regarding how much wiring an ISP is legally required to run when you sign up for a landline?

Apparently, I’ve got a bit of a mess on my hands—they installed one set of wires but somehow hooked me up to my neighbor instead, and now I can't even get a signal for my DSL!
I’m honestly dreaming of a law that would let me use some legal leverage to force them to finally give me proper access to high-speed internet.

Any advice would be huge, because if I have to deal with dial-up for one more day, I might actually lose my mind!

DSL isn't considered a core service, so your provider isn't legally obligated to offer it to you. You might want to ask them to optimize your current connection, or frankly, just switch to a different carrier or look into a more modern high-speed setup altogether.

goldengull3 said:DSL isn't considered a core service, so your provider isn't legally obligated to offer it to you. You might want to ask them to optimize your current connection, or frankly, just switch to a different carrier or look into a more modern high-speed setup altogether.

Thanks, buddy! If they aren't legally required to provide it, then I'm definitely not going to be asking nicely!

The problem is the other providers can't help me for that exact same reason, and I already dropped a fat stack of cash just to get the phone line installed!

electricorca7 said:Does anyone happen to know if there's actually anything in the Telecommunications Act regarding how much wiring an ISP is legally required to run when you sign up for a landline?

Apparently, I’ve got a bit of a mess on my hands—they installed one set of wires but somehow hooked me up to my neighbor instead, and now I can't even get a signal for my DSL!
I’m honestly dreaming of a law that would let me use some legal leverage to force them to finally give me proper access to high-speed internet.

Any advice would be huge, because if I have to deal with dial-up for one more day, I might actually lose my mind!

A pair is just two wires twisted together to prevent interference.

A standard phone line runs on that single pair, and DSL uses that exact same pair at the same time. Even if you have an ISDN setup, you can still run DSL on that same pair, so I don't really see where the issue is?
Basically, ISDN, DSL, and high-speed cable services all run through that one pair.

Joseph Doyle16 said:A pair is just two wires twisted together to prevent interference.

A standard phone line runs on that single pair, and DSL uses that exact same pair at the same time. Even if you have an ISDN setup, you can still run DSL on that same pair, so I don't really see where the issue is?
Basically, ISDN, DSL, and high-speed cable services all run through that one pair.

His actual problem is that he and his neighbor are sharing the same single pair. They use PCM to manage that, which solved the old issue of having to use splitters, but it doesn't do anything to fix the data throughput speeds.

coppermarlin5 said:His actual problem is that he and his neighbor are sharing the same single pair. They use PCM to manage that, which solved the old issue of having to use splitters, but it doesn't do anything to fix the data throughput speeds.

Exactly—he’s got this PCM setup that people claim is totally against the rules and supposedly violates some specific law!

Man, if only he actually knew the specifics, like "under this law, section this, subsection that"!

I'm honestly holding out hope that this law actually exists!

electricorca7 said:Exactly—he’s got this PCM setup that people claim is totally against the rules and supposedly violates some specific law!

Man, if only he actually knew the specifics, like "under this law, section this, subsection that"!

I'm honestly holding out hope that this law actually exists!

Way too much.