Review by rugby 
UPDATED: 1.4 years ago
member for 7.9 years, 2649 visits, last login: a few minutes ago
 Camby,Morgan,IN
 $30 per month (12 month contract)
 about 7 days
 Southwestern Bell
CLEC party: Whidbey Telephone
 "Inexpensive, rock solid connection"
 "speed could be faster in comparison to other providers"
 "Great inexpensive connection if available in your area"
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I got SBC Yahoo dsl installed 5 months ago to replace an expensive Comcast cable connection. I got the Pro-dynamic tier for 3Mbps/512Kbps. I can usually get 2.5Mbps/450Kbps so I am happy with the speed. The package arrived, I hooked it up, I waited 24 hours for my line to be ready, I transferred my network over to the new router. That was it, no problems. I use dyndns.org to host my domain on a web/email server and once I got port 25 unblocked everything was cool.
I wish the connection was faster at times, but for $25/month I'm not complaining. Compared to my Comcast bill at over $60/month this is saving me a ton of money.
**Update 2/22/06**
Through various promotions my line is now $17.99/month. The speed is consistently near the cap - PPPoE/ATM overhead. I have no complaints other than I wish the Expert Plus package was cheaper as it is a LOT more money. I've run my email & web off of this dsl line for over a year with no problems whatsoever.
**Update 4/3/06**
I just signed up for the Elite tier 6Mbps/768Kbps for $29.99/month. Phone call took all of 4 minutes and 3 days later my speeds increased dramatically. I'm still pissed about the outage that occurred last week, but the speed upgrade is fantastic and the price sure beats Comcast.
**Update 03/17/07**
I recently upgraded to Elite Static for my home office so I could host my website and email server without relying upon DYNDNS. I was having issues with my IP address changing every week or two and it was messing with my IPSec VPN tunnels. Since I updated to Static, my tunnels have been rock solid and my life has been easier. Unfortunately for some reason SBC charges a TON for this package, with all my discounts it's $79.99/month, $50/month more than the Dynamic Elite package. They did screw up my billing, effectively charging me for 2 DSL lines as Static connections are officially Business level services. One 75 minute call to SBC and I finally found somebody who could help me and they're taking care of it.
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