DSL
 

Earthlink is offering a pretty good deal on DSL right now. It's available where I live, and I already use their dial-up service. For those of you that have DSL, tell me if this sounds good:

--Downstream speed of up to 1.5 Mbps
--Upstream speed of up to 128Kbps
--8 email accounts
--Free ZoneAlarm personal firewall software
--20 hours of dial-up access per month
--Free equipment
--Free activation
--$29.95/mo for the first 6, then $49.95 thereafter. 1 year commitment.

The other question I have is: When I sign up for this, do I want a static IP. I'm suspecting no, but what do I know?

I have a local company where I live and Pay $62

I get 1.5mb/sec Up and Downstream
4 Email Addy's
Had to buy my Modem
Static IP

You only really need fast upstream and a static IP if you have a server of some sort.

Earthlink's deal doesnt seem to bad.

Sign up, ya retard. Just make sure you're gonna be living in the place for another year.

Yeah, pricing sounds great. I'm paying $45/month for 768/128.

SD, on the other hand, has the "Get Fucked In The Ass" deal. I also have that deal now, because I can't get better DSL at this current house, but I only pay $35 a month for it.

I have 1.5/128 DSL from Verizon for $34.95 a month.

Of course, I'm not actually _getting_ anything near 1.5 Mbps -- when they upgraded me from 768 to 1.5, my max throughput went from being in the low 80's to being in the high 80's... but my dad lives a mile and a half away and can't get DSL at all, so I'll take what I can get.

Until about a month ago I was paying $55/month for 640/256. Now I'm paying $40/month for 10mbit wireless up and down. Of course it never really goes that fast, but it does clip along pretty well, I usually see between 512k-1mb. In the middle of the night, anywhere up to about 5mb.

We get 512/256 for £25-ish. :D You can do the math. :p

Re: DSL
 

The fact that you don't know means no, you don't need a static IP :)

I'm paying $100 for 2 static IPs, 1536/384. Ouchie. But after all the trouble I went through to find a company which isn't going bankrupt, I'm not going to switch.

I ordered it last night...it should be here next week. The real test, of course, is seeing if I'm competent enough to set it up.

And the answer, of course, is "no". :)

Didn't you read the brochure?? :confused: You get lubricant with the extra $10/month.

My 1 year commitment is up in October--when I signed up, it was a good deal. (Verizon was at $30 for the 1st 3 months and $50 after... this deal with a local Verizon reseller was $45 per month, and since I use their SMTP server & not Verizon's I don't have to live with Verizon's interesting restrictions on outgoing email.) But I obviously need to shop around when my commitment ends.

Let it be known that this is my first post on DSL. And I set it up all by myself.

(Suck it, Dave. :) )

Dude, you are never going to want to leave the house.

Just warning you.

Oh, and get yourself one of these.