[FordDude]

I posted this in the local SoCal forum and only got some help from maddhatteroo7 and a link to http://www.dslreports.com/ But all that did was make me more confused :: I am really considering going with SBC yahoo DSL. They seemed to get good reviews. So if I go that route it looks as if I will be down for a couple of days. It takes a week to get set up, why a week in this day and age? My ISP will be gone on 9/1/3 and if I order today (that is the plan) I will be back online with DSL on Wednesday. Right now we have 2 land home phone lines. The second line is going bye bye. I look at this way 2nd phone line 20 bucks a month, dialup service 12 bucks a month. So with the DSL it will save me 2 bucks a month and be faster. I guess that I will go with the Standard Plus Package as apposed to the Basic Package. :: The one thing that I really hate is the "one-year term" Thanks for any and all input reguarding this major change in my life. fd

 

[jawstang]

AOL is always offering free access to new users.I think they have one now that is for 45 days,unlimited access time.Just remember to cancel when your DSL is hooked up.

 

[gp001]

I would check with some of your neighbors (ie same street). DSL speeds and stability depends, in part, on your distance to the gateway. I had Earthlink DSL for years. Even though SBC had the speed set at 1.5 mbps I was only able to connect just under 1 mbps. However, in may/june of this year SBC did something to their network and I kept loosing connection. I kept having SBC turn down the speed; 784 kbps, then 384. Turns out the only way for me to get a stable DSL connection would be with SBC setting my speed to 384 and I would have a connection right around 300. I contacted my cable company and now have a 2.1 mbps cable connection