I'm in Kentucky, in an area served by Bell South. I currently can not get DSL service, because I'm too far from a CO.
Bell South has some kind of "boxes" scattered around in rural areas, including one about a mile from me. I think these are some kind of SLC equipment, but I don't know any technical details. I think it might be possible to add equipment to these "boxes" to provide DSL to the lines connected to them, but I'm not sure.
Recently, Bell South has been publicly bragging about how many new locations they've provided DSL to this year. I think that means they're installing some kind of remote equipment, but I'm not sure.
In February, I spent 2 hours on the phone trying to find somebody who could tell me if there was any chance of getting DSL in the near future. Finally, I got hold of somebody who asked for my phone number, then after a short pause, said something about needing to swap cards in some equipment, and it would be 3-4 months.
Now, 5 months later, I still don't have DSL. I'm not sure how much this person knew, and how much was just speculation. It's possible that she actually determined that my equipment was on some kind of upgrade schedule, that's just slower than expected. Or maybe she just determined that it wasn't DSL capable, and threw out 3-4 months as a WAG and had no clue whether there were actually any plans to upgrade it.
I really don't want to try to work my way through the telephone maze I went through in Feb. I emailed BellSouth a couple of weeks ago asking if they had any estimate about DSL availability, and got no answer.
Does anybody know more about Bell South's system, and what they're doing or not doing to provide DSL to more locations, and how I might find out whether I might see DSL anytime in the near future? There's no cable out here either, so I guess the only option is satellite, and I've heard bad things about it. Besides, I'd hate to sink the upfront cost into satellite equipment and have BellSouth turn on DSL the next month.