 Review by shawnyboy 
Posted: 1.6 years ago
member for 7.5 years, 178 visits, last login: 223 days ago
 Waller,Harris,TX
 $30 per month (12 month contract)
 about 8 days
 Southwestern Bell
CLEC party: Southwestern Bell
 "Quick order turnaround, easy installation, FAST SPEED!"
 "None...ever."
 "Excellent service at a reasonable price."
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Update: February 2007: My DSL contract expired in December, and I started hearing that ATT is offering a $24.99/month Pro package to new subscribers with no contract. I called in to see if they would honor this price to me, and they did, no questions asked!
Update: January 2007 - I had to recently switch my phone service around for the impending order of VoIP phone service. Evidently, you can't transfer a number to VoIP from a line that has DSL attached (WHEN IS NAKED DSL GONNA GET HERE?!?). So I had to perform the following magic in order to make VoIP happy:
1. Order a new second line.
2. Switch DSL from line 1 to line 2.
3. Initiate number transfer with VoIP provider.
I could then cancel my first line once the transfer had completed.
I put in the order for the new phone line on a Friday. By Wednesday of the next week, it was live. I then called in to switch DSL service (that day). AT&T stated that the service would be switched by Tuesday of the following week. It was, on time with no issues sans one...DSL went dark on line 1 the FRIDAY night prior to the due date. Kind of a bummer to be without for 3 days, but considering that's the only hiccup I've had in over a year of service, and I initiated the hiccup, I can't complain...STILL ROCKIN!
In December 2005, Christmas came early to my house. AT&T (then SWB) had just made DSL available to my area. My four years in the Internet Dark Ages (ISDN & Satellite) were over. I was able to order the Pro package (1.5-3.0 down, 384 up) at a promotional price of $21.99 a month for 6 months on a 12 month commitment. After six months, the price increased to $34.99/month. I've heard horrible things about SWB's 2Wire wireless router, so I decided to go with a store-bought Linksys WRT54G. They sent me out a Siemens SpeedBooster 4100 for free with a $50 rebate (mail-in).
The service is PPPoE with a Dynamic IP. I'm hosting my e-mail at home, so I use DynDNS to update my public DNS record. The IP changes, but not nearly as often as I've seen with other services. I can go days with the same IP address.
It took about 8 days from order to completion. They were having some trouble out at the box for my line, otherwise it would have been less. After five days (my original due date), I still didn't have "solid green" (all systems go), so I called SWB tech support. They dispatched a tech the next day to fix me up.
All in all, the service has been great. I haven't lost service once. DEFINITELY RECOMMEND!
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Kyle
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