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Review by ncbill See Profile

  • Location: Winston Salem, Forsyth, NC, USA
  • Cost: $10 per month (12 month contract)
  • Install: about 3 days
  • Telco party AT&T
Cheap, cheap, cheap
Only 768
Get it if you can, if only for backup
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Value for money:

I had 6 meg cable broadband that cost me $45/month and never used the bandwidth!

I ordered AT&T's 768 "DSL Lite w/ term agreement" the day it became available.
(term agreement is 12 months, with a $50 early termination fee)

The $75 DSL modem/router & install kit came 3 days later.

I used the DSL splitter in the self-install kit to separate voice and DSL lines outside at the customer interface, so I don't need to use DSL filters on the phones inside.

I get about 650 down and 100 up.

I plan on keeping this as long as it remains $10/month, which is at least through 12/31/2009.

UPDATE:

Price raised to $20 in early 2010 - still only 768KB.

Will probably dump this for cable ($30/month for 6 months) or Clear WiMax ($40/month).

UPDATE:

Still using as of summer 2011.

1.5 down for $15/month.

Rock solid reliable, but slow (looks like no one locally can get more than 1.5 down, probably because of U-Verse coming)

UPDATE:

Still using as of spring 2012.

They still offer it for $15/month (up to 3MBps down)

My line still only provisions for 1.5, but I'll keep it forever as long as I can get this price (it now looks like U-Verse will NEVER come to this area)

UPDATE:

Summer, 2014:

Finally provisioned for 6MBps down, but the cost is $50/month!

Unexpected outage last month of nearly a full week.

Getting ready to switch over to 15MBPs down cable broadband ($35/month).

UPDATE:

March, 2015:

6MBps down for $50/month!

Unexpected outage last month of nearly a full week.

So I finally switched over to a 30MBPs down cable triple-play for the same amount I was paying for landline+DSL.

member for 17.1 years, 2010 visits, last login: 268 days ago
updated 9 years ago

vanderpuch
join:2007-02-18
Morristown, TN

vanderpuch

Member

My new cheap Bell South/At&T DSL service.

Count me as a total fan also. I found the concealed AT&T promotional rate for its DSL Lite Service, at only $10.00 per month. I think I get it for 2.5 years. It is great - faster than my broadband with one of the two local cable companies - Charter Communications. Service and technical support are wonderful. The reps prefer to talk to you, not fumble around with e-mails. Even before I got the simple to install set up kit, I got a call from a rep asking if she could help me install. No one should need any help - it is all so easy. I counted 5 filters for the house phones and, yes, you actually only need one. There is a $75.00 rebate available after the first month that more than pays for the $60.00 modem. I could not immediately sign up on the net after 30 days so I just called and the rep said she would "push it thru" and the check was on its way. Of course there is remote access and a back up dial up connection provided. Read about it on the AT&T site or the Bell South
site.
wahoospa
join:2006-03-23
Charleston, SC

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wahoospa

Member

768kbps DSL

I had dial-up and hated it. Along came the 768 offer for $10 per month. I jumped on it and have not regretted it. I was getting about 630 speed but after about 3 weeks my speed has increased to around 788/128. My downloads have also increased from around 79MB/s to close to 100MB/s. This is a really great deal for those who want the most bang for the buck.