[P1] sbc yahoo dsl

[Barry Lyden]

Been using broadband since 1999. Started with Cable Modem, switched DSL 
(when I moved), then back to Cable after another move. I use a dialup 
connection once in a blue moon when the broadband service is down for a 
bit. But I could never go back permanently now. I'm way too spoiled. 
:-)

I pay $45 a month for cable modem and have been thinking about 
switching to DSL to take advantage of the lower cost plans DSL 
providers are offering. But, much to my amazement, I got a message from 
Comcast the other day telling me that they are doubling my bandwidth. I 
reset my modem and did a speed test. Sure enough: 3mb download; 245k 
upload. Guess I'll stay put for a while.

If you can afford it, get it. You'll be glad you did. Keeping your 
dialup until things are switched over is a good idea. Sometimes a new 
connection can take a few days to work out the kinks.


On Jan 15, 2004, at 1:31 AM, Jeanne Douglas wrote:

> At 7:16 PM -0500 1/13/04, Linda van Thiel sent into the aether:
>> I've been thinking about switching to dsl - at work too much since it 
>> is a fast connection. Earthlink dsl is $50 per month (now paying $23? 
>> for dial-up). I heard about SBC (aka ameritech/ ma bell) which is my 
>> current phone service, from someone at work.  DSL with them and Yahoo 
>> is only $27 per month - just a hair over what I am payiing for my 
>> slow modem connection. Plus you get a $99 rebate which for the first 
>> year brings it down to $18 per month.  For that low price I could 
>> even afford to run both for a month to get everything switched over.
>>
>> Anyone have any experience with this?
>
> I've had it, gosh, it's been 4-1/2 years now; I think I was one of the 
> 1st, at least in my neighborhood and maybe even in a wider area of LA. 
> Since I signed up so early I got static IP.
>
> Only problem I had was last spring when someone noticed I had static 
> IP but was only paying for standard service, so they tried to switch 
> me over.. For 2 weeks nothing could get PPoE to work; if I hadn't had 
> my beloved iBook I would have been totally stuck because my 7300's 
> external modem went bye-bye when I got the DSL. SBC finally gave up 
> and had me contact their contractor in charge of their wiring. They 
> couldn't figure it, either, and they finally kicked it up to one of 
> their Top Geeks, who discovered that my DSL modem was somehow 
> hardwired to a static IP and he decided that rather than dealing with 
> that issue, he just reset my account to static IP.
>
> WOO HOO!!
>
> I don't really know what the advantage of static IP over dynamic IP 
> is; I just know it's considered enough better that people pay extra to 
> get it, so I brag about it.
>
> Jeanne Douglas
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