[Info-vax] US Broadband

[Dale Dellutri]

On Wed, 04 Mar 2015 12:37:14, Bill Gunshannon <bill at server3.cs.scranton.edu> wrote:
> In article <md7cqe$ugs$1 at speranza.aioe.org>,
>         glen herrmannsfeldt <gah at ugcs.caltech.edu> writes:
>> Scott Dorsey <kludge at panix.com> wrote:
>> 
>> (snip)
>> 
>>> Right.  The PUC has jurisdiction over the T-1 circuit that goes from you to
>>> your ISP, only.  Negotiating the internet service is between you and the ISP.
>> 
>> Yes, but as I understand it, not all telcos will lease such pairs.
> 
> Can't lease what doesn't exist.  Laws of physics are always getting
> in the way.
> 
>> 
>> It used to be that they were commonly used for burglar alarms (maybe
>> still) and that you could ask for one of those. 
> 
> I never heard of any residence having a leased line for their burglar
> alarm.  They work on your regular phone line (and that is yet another
> story!!!)  I used a number of leased lines at the University when I
> first came in to do the campus network to connect buildings that we
> could not run our own cabling to because of obstructions like state
> highways.  :-)  I really doubt anyone could afford that, or justify
> the cost, for a residential connection.
>...

They can, and do, when the owner is rich enough, and/or the house has
many valuable art objects in it.  I've seen it.

-- 
Dale Dellutri <daQQQle at panQQQix.com> (lose the Q's)