Steve,

That all sounds pretty good.  They claim, if we agree to a two year contract
with them, they will keep DSL at 26 dollars a month for ever.  Who knows but
it sounds good compared to the 50 plus a month we were paying for cable.

Phil.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 7:26 PM
Subject: Re: Down To DSL


> Phil,
>
> My experience mirrors yours in many respects.  Kept bugging cable and they
> finally got fiberoptic run in here in 2000.  Switched from Dialup and
would
> never go back.
>
> Was on home.com; then Attbi, then Comcast.  But, the phone company offered
DSL
> for $22 per month cheaper than cable.  I ordered it, cancelled my cable
internet
> much to Comcast's protestation that if I'd only told them, they might have
made
> me a better offer.
>
> Download speeds are a bit slower, particularly at first, (read on), but it
> doesn't appear to affect performance.  Maybe it would if I were streaming
much
> video, but for the normal file download, even a large file, I can still do
other
> things in the background.
>
> Last year, a guy on 75 meters, K8SRH, told me that the phone company was
> offering DSL for $12.95/month instead of the $27 I was paying.  I called
SBC and
> sure enough, they said they'd switch me to the lower price as a loyal
existing
> customer.
>
> She asked me if I'd like to go to a higher speed for $19.95 instead?
Figuring
> I'd still be saving money, I said sure.  She got a tech on the line and he
> checked my line and said I was too far away for the higher speed, you need
to be
> less than two miles, and so I couldn't switch.  But, in looking at my
line, he
> remotely adjusted the modem because of some line noise.  My download speed
> doubled, and my price is less than half.
>
> Happy customer, and they renewed it for another year at that price.
>
> Steve, K8SP
>