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 >