Note that this represents to us roughly 5 months margin on each customer who chooses this option. Note that Rhythms speeds are different than the speeds offered by NorthPoint. Rhythms will convert your circuit to a speed that is closest to the old NorthPoint speed as long as the line supports that speed . If you have 144k IDSL service, this option is not available to you. Option 2 Convert to Line-Shared ADSL For most people, ADSL is a reasonable substitute for home DSL use.
Download speeds are roughly the same, but upload speeds are reduced.
For new customers, Line-Sharing reduces the number of installation failures due to No Facilities . While we have been working for days on ways to reduce or eliminate these costs, it appears that we are unable to do so. Rhythms, facing millions of dollars in costs to cover the equipment charges and not wanting to end up like NorthPoint, has declined to contribute. Stating that their back-office systems and policies don t allow for unbundled ADSL orders, Rhythms rejected this idea. As a small Internet Service Provider, we would be bankrupted almost immediately if we covered the entire cost for every customer.