ATT wireless a no-go

[Steve Jardine]

I believe Lonni is correct. My fathers DSL can do one, or the other - but not both. We had to get QWEST to make his work. The "tool" was exactly that - I felt like I needed a shower after using it..

Steve
On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:21:12 -0700
"Lonni J Friedman" <netllama at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 10/22/07, Stuart Biggerstaff <biggers at lindahall.org> wrote:
> > Actually, with AT&T it CAN be both.  If you do DSL with them you have
> > the choice of buying a "modem" or a "router"--actually both similar
> > routers with the DSL modem built in.  The one has a single LAN port, the
> > other one has four plus wireless.
> 
> I don't see how that's both unless it switches on the fly between
> getting its upstream service from some AT&T maintained wireless radio,
> or the landline.  Everything that I've read about AT&T's service
> offerings are either/or, never both DSL & wifi.  Just because they're
> giving you a router that happens to act as a wifi access point doesn't
> mean that AT&T is giving you wifi.  At least not any more than any
> other person is getting wifi who happens to install a WAP in their
> home, which is tied to their landline.
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