From: "Geo." 

Resellsers or ISPs both use the phoneco's dslam and the only real
difference is a reseller uses the phoneco's network and backbone connection
as well while an ISP will transport the traffic to their network before it
goes out to the internet via the ISP's backbone connections.

The hardware side of things is the same no matter who you use if it comes
in on your phone line then the hardware is dictated by the phoneco since
it's theirs.

Geo.

"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
news:459ac7fa{at}w3.nls.net...
> The key to resellers, is that they can only offer service where it's
> available, as they don't actually provide the hardware to get the signal
> to your house, it comes from the Bell CO, whoever originally put up the
> wires in that area.
>
> --
>
> Glenn M.
> "Ellen K."  wrote in message
> news:omflp212hliughbmtp5lv6hcu1tn0pdf0l{at}4ax.com...
>> I'll check them out, thanks.  A couple of independent ones showed up on
>> google but both appeared to merely be reselling the AT&T service, and
>> bumping the rate from 12.95 introductory to 55.00 "after the
>> introductory period" which -- get this -- wasn't defined.
>>
>> On Tue, 2 Jan 2007 11:26:01 -0500, "David B"

>> wrote in message :
>>
>>>Ellen, I used a small company called Speakeasy for DSL for several years,
>>>and was very much pleased with them. Their people actually seemed to give
>>>a
>>>damn. Maybe they can provide service in your area. I left them for
>>>reasons
>>>OTHER than quality of service and pricing- I was a VERY satisfied
>>>customer.
>>>
>>>You can find them at www.speakeasy.net
>>>
>>>"Ellen K."  wrote in message
>>>news:dqajp2lbrg5g282qqrgk4ehbv63tmfnmid{at}4ax.com...
>>>>I had basically decided to take the AT&T router and
figure out what
>>>> extra adapters I might need once I would see it... (Yes,
even *I* know
>>>> the difference between an ethernet port and a USB one...)... but now
>>>> the
>>>> website says DSL isn't available for my phone number, with the
>>>> additional "helpful" information that "High
speed internet is not
>>>> available outside AT&T service areas or to wireless
telephone numbers."
>>>> They are my local carrier and the number I input is a land line they
>>>> provide, and every month there is an ad on my bill
envelope about how I
>>>> can get high speed internet starting at $14.99 a month.  On Friday I
>>>> tried calling "customer service" and was told  I
can't sign up for high
>>>> speed internet unless I already have an sbc.com email address, which
>>>> made so little sense that I just hung up.
>>>>
>>>> Anybody know anything about this?
>>>>
>>>> Tried the Verizon site, struck out there also but that
makes more sense
>>>> since in fact I am an AT&T customer.  Don't really
want cable based on
>>>> what I've heard and anyway it's hugely more expensive, as would be a
>>>> Sprint card I could stick in the laptop that would work anywhere.
>>>>
>>>> Sent AT&T an email but not holding my breath.
>>>>
>>>> Suggestions?
>>
>
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