 Review by overhill 
UPDATED: 1.2 years ago
member for 7.8 years, 4252 visits, last login: a few hours ago
 Emporia,Lyon,KS
 $39 per month (12 month contract)
 about 30 days
 Southwestern Bell
 "Excellent and Friendly Technical Support; Consistent Connection"
 "Pre Sales Information Kept Changing"
 "Tremendous Improvement over Dial-up; Definitely Worth the Time and Money"
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NOTICE: This review is for SBC ADSL and not RoadRunner like it might say....I don't know what the problem is.
Download: 1.5Mbit - 384kbps
Upload: 128 kbps
SpeedStream 5260
dynamic IP
PPPoE
After a month or so of researching I was convinced that DSL was for me. I finally ordered the service, but was extremely disappointed to learn that my DSL modem would not arrive for another month. After waiting three weeks, however, my equipment arrived and I was thrilled to find out that my line worked a full week before it was suppose to. I did a self-install and it was completely painless.
My speeds started out around 324kbps/102kbps, but then improved to 855kbps/108kbps after a call to ASI to uncap the line as well as various registry tweaks. More recently I have seen speeds of 1152kbps/109kbps after removing a surge protector that my line was running through.
Update: 1/23/2003
After 6 months using the SBC software to connect, I went for a wireless router. It is a piece of cake to use and a definite improvement over the software authentication method. After a couple of years with SBC DSL, I am totally pleased. No downtime to speak of and consistent speeds. Thanks SBC!
Update 8/25/2005
Speed test during the middle of the day are around 1100 down / 310 up. Maybe not the fastest around, but very nice and extremely stable service. I can only think of it being down for an hour or two in the last 4 years. Price is now down to $25 per month.
Update 9/07/2005
Two more years have passed and speeds have stayed largely the same and reliability has been almost 100%. Price has fluctuated from $20-25 depending upon how hard I fight for the latest and greatest deal. Still quite pleased with all aspects of the service.
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