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I need DSL badly - any recommendations
RugerNiner
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I need DSL badly - any recommendations?
I've been thinking about Bell South.
$45. or $50. a month depending on home phone service.
I need recommendations and prices.
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I've been thinking about Bell South.
$45. or $50. a month depending on home phone service.
I need recommendations and prices.
Remember...Terrorist are attacking Civilians; Not the Government. Protect Yourself!
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*If there is one gun for every 7 people in the world, I'm saving alot of people money*
I had already checked into FastAccess before posting, but wanted to make sure I got positive feedback or if someone thinks there is a better DSL out there.
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One thing to make sure of when thinking of going DSL... If you have an alarm that's being monitored be VERY sure to check and make sure that you can still communicate with the monitoring company after you're lines are setup for DSL. You will probably have to get a line filter and have that hooked up to the alarm control panel where the phone hooks up. ...Of course, only if the DSL shares the same phone line as the alarm system...
Initial setup is the only real complaint I've ever had with Bellsouth.net's DSL service. I've set it up about 5-6 times overall and all but one were a little bit of a pain. After intial setup woes all was well though.. One (possible) problem I'ev run into with Bellsouth is the ability to connect multiple PC's to the net through it. Not that you CAN'T do it, but it seems that they have gone out of their way to make it difficult in some cases.
One other idea... Do you have DirecTV?
If so, you can get the DirecDSL service most likely, about the same price as Bellsouth, and the setup is about as sensible as it can get. They are setup basically the same way as a cable modem, where you have the external modem and it just goes through an ethernet cable to get to your PC, and you could go out and get a $69 Linksys router and configure it so you could have up to 254 PC's accessing the internet at the same time. One thing I HAVE found to be really good with DirecDSL is that they actually answer tech questions without just throwing the buck at someone else. Most providers will totally avoid anything they think they can pass the blame on.
If you only have one PC, either way will work just as good. The *only* two differences you'll find if you really check into DSL for the house is a slight difference in price and the hardware you get from the provider will be a little different from each provider. Connection speed will mainly be dictated by how far you are from the nearest phone switch. If you're under a half mile then may have to wear a helmet when surfing
In each case, your connection to the house will still be maintained by Bellsouth (as long as your paying them for your dial tone). So the main shopping difference will be price, and the 'ease of install and standard use'.
In my neighborhood DSL isn't an option, so it's just RoadRunner. Being that there are only a few people in my area that even have cable the speed is pretty good, but DSL in most cases DOES blow my RoadRunner out of the water.
Larry
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JWolf
a good firewall installed, broad band infiltrations seem to be
easier. Gator, Gorilla Weatherbug and others will send a hookup
to your PC and send your data back to a source unknown without your permission if you do not have a firewall.
dew
DSL provides fast downloads as well as uploads...and you don't share the connection. It's also more secure, provided you have a firewall installed. Price is usually competitive between the two.
It all depends on what you will be using it for I guess. I have BellSouth.net DSL and, like was mentioned above, the only problem I had was with the installation. Seems the monkey that provisioned the line did a crappy job, and after two weeks of daily phone calls they finally came out and fixed it. Once it was up and running, haven't had one single problem.
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