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Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 01-18-2006, 12:03 PM:
 
Verizon (my phone company) is promoting DSL service for $14.95/mo. but it's only 768 Kbps. DOWN and 128 UP.

That's about $5.00 cheaper than I'm paying for Dial-Up with Earthlink. They are offering 1.5 Mbps for $29.95/mo. (Reselling Verizon's services, of course.)

I used to keep Earthlink Dial-Up service, even though it's more expensive because I used to travel a lot. I needed to be able to download e-mail and communicate with people. Now, I stay at home most of the time. When I do need to get e-mail away from home, there's probably a secondary means of connecting to the 'net. I have use of the college's network when I'm at work. I probably don't need to have coast-to-coast Dial-Up anymore.

As a "bonus", they'll sell me a wireless router for an additional $14.95 (One time charge.)

Does anybody have 768 Kbps DSL service on one of these plans? Care to share your experiences?

Or, should I hang on for a while longer until full-speed DSL service comes down in price?
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 01-18-2006, 12:12 PM:
 
768 down/128 up is obviously a tremendous difference over dialup. You weren't clear about the 1.5Mbps though...is that both up AND down? I highly doubt it. Upload is probably 256.

Regardless it does make a huge difference in either step. My area only had the first option and it was fine, but when 1.5Mbps down / 256k up became available and I upgraded, the difference was quite noticeable (at least to me).

BTW, my DSL provider gives me a free dialup account to use when visiting lovely places such as Watseki, Illinois with the DSL connection, so just inquire.
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 01-18-2006, 12:51 PM:
 
I've had DSL for the past few years through SBC. My first connection standard was rated at 384k down/128k up. That was a huge improvement over 56K dial up. Often my download speeds were more than double that 384 rating. Then the service quietly got upped to 1.5Mb.

I recently upgraded to "DSL Pro" featuring 3Mb download speeds for around $30 per month. That wasn't as noticeable a difference as going from dial-up to DSL, but it was pretty noticeable nonetheless. Large files on e-mail upload much faster. I can download video clips from places like Apple's movie trailer park much faster than before -usually a lot faster than the amount of time required to play the clip. You still have to wait for HD stuff to download.
 

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Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 01-18-2006, 01:02 PM:
 
768 Kbps./128 Kbps. = $14.95/mo.

1.5 Mbps./384 Kbps. = $29.95/mo. ($21.95 for the first 3 mos.)

3.0 Mbps./384 Kbps. = $29.95/mo. (If you are close enough to the exchange.)

Modem & filter(s) included in price.

For an additional one-time charge of $14.95 you can buy a wireless modem/router instead of the regular wired modem.

I have two computers in the house. I'd probably pay the extra $$ for the wireless.
 

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Posted by David Stambaugh (Member # 1102) on 01-18-2006, 01:43 PM:
 
Always-on 768kbps is far superior to dialup. If the price is right, do it.

We have 7.2mbps ADSL where I work (896kbps up). It's dirt-cheap too, like $50/mo. (in addition to a full T1)
 

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Posted by Steve Scott (Member # 630) on 01-18-2006, 02:01 PM:
 
With all hardware included, that's a sweet deal. I paid the same for 256K from Qwest up here & was never really satisfied with it. But the ADSL line from Qwest here at work is great, though, with far fewer service interruptions.
 

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Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 01-18-2006, 03:55 PM:
 
I pay £59.99 per quarter (equivalent to $35.19 per month) for 1.0mbps (256k upstream) ADSL on a 'no frills' contract - i.e. no 'phone helpline or hardware bundles are included in the rate. The advantage, though, is that there's no bandwidth limit. There are lots of broadband contracts available in this price range. Most include freephone helplines, modem bundles and that sort of crap, and some offer faster downstream connections than 1.0; but they also usually impose a monthly bandwidth limit, which is usually around 2gb per month. Given that I listen to a lot of streaming radio and video from sites like BBC and CNN, that's something I could really do without, even if means a slightly slower ADSL line.
 

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Posted by Frank Dubrois (Member # 3042) on 01-18-2006, 04:03 PM:
 
I'd go for the 1.5mbps. 768k is a huge difference over dial-up, but as time goes on..you'll want more speed. We can get 3mbps for $30/month here, actually its closer to 3.5mbps. I definately prefer cable over dsl, I had nothing but issues with dsl speed and reliability. Your speed definately will be determined based on how close to the switching station you are. I was less than 1 mile away and I got roughly 400k as opposed to the 768k promised with dsl. When you get your service, goto dslreports.com and do a speed check to make sure you are getting what was promised.
 

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Posted by Daryl C. W. O'Shea (Member # 1303) on 01-18-2006, 04:38 PM:
 

quote: Randy Stankey

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Reselling Verizon's services, of course.

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