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A one-time APK.net DSL subscriber subsequently absorbed by Expedient.com, I canvassed all available residential broadband options for the 44108 area when Expedient failed to meet their competitors' rising bandwidth offerings, and decided against AT&T/Yahoo DSL ($250 installation fee required - for what? - when I already had a working DSL connection on an SBC circuit). Time-Warner has choked every available promotional medium touting their Road Runner plans since swallowing Adelphia, but the sales agent (in Akron) couldn't provide a telephone connection to tech support to answer any of my pre-sale technical questions, killing that idea. Cavalier Telephone out of Virginia offered attractive DSL services but required dedication of my entire telephone service to them - I wanted only DSL. Ohio.net (in Doylestown Ohio) provided online prequalification within 24 hours, answered advertised sales and tech support telephone numbers (see »www.ohio.net) instantly with polite and knowledgeable voices, gave straightforward, accurate, succinct descriptions of their plans' provisions, and had me up and running two business days after I signed on, handling everything simply and error-free by mail and telephone. I supplied and configured my own equipment; one short telephone call to tech support about a single router configuration page was all that was necessary. Service is 3 Mbps/512 Kbps ADSL with one static IP address at $35.95 per month, no contract, usenet access and 3 email boxes included. My router reports actual persistent line speeds of 1984 down, 512 up. Streaming video loads well now, and download throughput is 6x improved for $5 less per month than Expedient was charging. member for 16.7 years, driveby review (so far) updated 16.6 years ago |