Unable to activate my high speed internet account with a mac os 10.5

I have a big problem with the activation of my line. I have subscribed to high speed internet.
The agent came to my house to install the jack but when I'm trying to run the installation on my computer with the cd or directly with internet it's stops when smart acces opens (I have a Mac OS X 10.5). Could somebody help me ? Thanks

In almost all cases, internet is "plug and play" on newer computers.
If you need to install filters, they need to go between the phone and the jack for every phone you have on the same line as the DSL. The modem does not get a filter.
If you need to set up your username and password, you will need to log in with your default Verizon-assigned id. If you were not given this, then contact tech support and ask for your "vzid" and have them reset your password. You should then be able to log into verizon.net and click on the My Account page. On the My Account page, you can set your username, create sub accounts, manage your billing, add an alias to your account, etc.
Does that cover what you needed, or is there something more?
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Is this true? I need to have a regional calling plan to upgrade to High Speed Internet Enhanced? Instead of paying an extra 10 bucks a month, it jumps to an extra 25 to 30 per month.
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For example this what I saw when I was using Verizon
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    traceroute to 71.242.*.* (71.242.*.*), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
    1 gw1-g-vlan201.dca.giganews.com (216.196.98.4) 13 ms 13 ms 13 ms
    2 ash-bb1-link.telia.net (213.248.70.241) 39 ms 7 ms 7 ms
    3 TenGigE0-2-0-0.GW1.IAD8.ALTER.NET (63.125.125.41) 4 ms 4 ms GigabitEthernet2-0-0.GW8.IAD8.ALTER.NET (63.65.76.189) 4 ms
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    5 P3-0-0.PHIL-DSL-RTR11.verizon-gni.net (130.81.13.170) 6 ms 6 ms 6 ms
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#3 If you don't know how to get that info:
a) What is the brand and model of your modem?
b) If you have a RJ-45 WAN port router connected to it: What is the brand and model of the RJ-45 WAN port router?
#4 If you have a RJ-45 WAN port router connected to the modem, even if you know how to get the Transceiver Statistics from the modem: What is the brand and model of the RJ-45 WAN port router?
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Neighbors Have High Speed Internet but Systems Says Not Available

Hello,
I have been trying for the past week to get High Speed Internet with Verizon. Two times I received an email saying… Although your line qualified for High Speed Internet service during the initial phases of the order process, unfortunately, we are unable to provide you with Internet access on your line ending in 0602 .
I live in a small subdivision on the outskirts of Colonial Beach, Virginia with approximately 500 homes.
I have two neighbors, one on each side of me i one would be the closest to the substation) and another neighbor about one block past my house.  The second neighbor drives past my house every day to get to their house.
I spoke with a local Verizon employee who told me the computer was turning down the High Speed Internet because of distance and that I needed to have someone at the local office, over-ride the automatic turn down so that it would be installed. After the second computer automated turn down, I spoke with Eric – he said to give the next tech this information – Acct Number XXXXXX Order Number XXXXX at the DSL Technical support so we could get this resolved. The DSL Technical support guy was NOT interested in obtaining the account number or Order number Eric gave and said either the Router was filled or I was too far from the Loop. I explained the neighbors and it still didnot seem to matter. He was foreign and we did seem to have a significant language barrier. He then transferred me back to Sales.
Over and over I requested to speak with the actual Local Office in Warsaw, VA so I could be given a reasonable explanation.   I spoke with a woman who said the two neighbors were closer to the loop than me. When I asked how this was possible if I am in the center of the two she said maybe it was because of a curve in the road? She also said she was the local office but was not able to tell me where that office was located so obviously it was not the actual "local" office.
How can I get someone to physically come out and determine why I cannot get High Speed Internet?  Who can I contact to make a formal complaint.
Thank you for any input.

Here, maybe, is a FAQ that explains why
http://www.dslreports.com/faq/1214
All DSLR (.dslreports.com) FAQs » Verizon Online DSL FAQ » 3. General » Verizon says no DSL, but neighbor yes?
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High Speed Internet Install Hangs

Another user already posted this problem but I seem unable to reply to that thread.
I am having *exactly* the same problem, namely:
Today is my Service Ready Date. I opened a browser and got the 'activation page', entered my line number, then got to download the verizon high speed internet installer for mac. Once I opened this I got to set up a username/password, then the installer went through a series of checks, and finally gets to 'saving settings for *******@verizon.net', where it says 'Please Wait, This step could take up to 3 minutes'. And it just hangs at that point. I waited for an hour and nothing happened. I tried again later with the 'resume installation' alias that was created when I quit the installer, and it jumps straight to that step as expected, but hangs again.
What could be causing this? I'm using a mac with MacOS 10.6, the modem is a Westell 7500, and the plan I've chosen is the 3MBs.
Thanks for any help!
Note: I copied the original poster's description of the problem because it is accurate in my case, revising only the OS version to reflect my own.
Link to original post
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Update: 12 hours later. Still not solved.
Utterly appalling.
After 20 minutes on hold waiting for a second support chat, then a 20 minute chat during which the rep repeatedly asked for information I'd already given, and then congratulated me and told me the service was working (it is not) ... the rep finally conceded they could not help me and said a Mac rep would call me on the phone in "20-30 minutes."
It's 90 minutes later. No follow up, no call.
On my own I have re-started modem, re-started computer, trashed preferences for that Verizon activation software.
The last seemed to help.
Each time it got a little further.
Eventually it assured me I had completed the activation process. It gave me a confirmation.
Meantime Verizon has also e-mailed me saying congratulations, my service is up.
But when I try to connect to any page through the DSL in a browser, I keep being re-directed the Verizon activate / welcome page (which, believe me, I am pretty tired of seeing by now.)
https://activate.verizon.net/launch/welcome
... if I follow those steps, it tried to download the software *again* and start all over.
Seems I am in an inescapable loop. Can I really be the only one who's had this problem?
I have now three times "activated" my internet service and still I am re-directed to the "activate" page.
I can only say, at this point, I wish there were an alternative to this terrible company.

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Ok, first of all, you're going to have to hear me out. I think technically what I'm trying to do is illegal, but in the real world I think its perfectly justified...
I have cable internet at home that I pay for and enjoy. My computer is the only computer in the house and thus the only one using the service. Right now I am house sitting with my girlfriend and have brought my computer with me, thus leaving my cable internet hookup behind at home unused. I'm connecting to the internet here with a dialup connection account that the owners of the house have and the slowness is driving me crazy.
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Oddly enough, I was in paying for my cable and asked (in a roundabout way) about the possibilities of hooking up at another house and what was the deal about splitting the line and getting basic cable without paying for it.
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Hello all.
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Unable to activate my high speed internet account with a mac os 10.5

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