From: "Glenn Meadows" 

The speed issue with multiple users doesn't seem to be a serious issue
here, and I'm in an apartment complex, with lots of users I suspect,
haven't had any issues.

Your call, just mentioning the options, that's all.

If you're on the fringe of the distance, that will affect your maximum
speed on the DSL, anyway.  The max speeds go down the further away you are,
which is why there's a distance requirement.

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Glenn M.
"Ellen K."  wrote in message
news:o3dmp2lpcob9n9skrj7tqc5gi6h3qdffk4{at}4ax.com...
> Cable is very expensive if you don't take the TV service.  Considering
> that I only turn on my TV about once every four years, that's not
> interesting.  Besides which I understand your speed depends on how many
> folks in the neighborhood are logged on at the same time.
>
> On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 20:56:27 -0500, RobertB 
> wrote in message :
>
>>In article ,
>> Ellen K.  wrote:
>>
>>> 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?
>>
>>You have to be within a certain distance of the CO for DSL to work. The
>>distance is not that great, however, maybe 3000 feet? If that doesn't
>>work, why not cable or satellite?
>

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