From: Ellen K. 

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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