Yep, I've finally managed to get DSL out here!
Being right out at the edge of the exchange area we've had something of a shortage of pairs in the little estate of houses where I live. Demand for new telephone lines has been high in recent years as many places have been converted from holiday homes to permanent residences, and DACS (pair-gain units) have popped up like mushrooms all over the place.
I finally got my own pair, but wouldn't you know it, my existing ISP refused to provide DSL service out here, so I had to change providers.
Anyway, being 5 miles from the C.O. I'm not getting blazingly fast DSL speeds, but at 576kbps it's still a vast improvement on dialup. I'm happy!
