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 Review by cautery 
UPDATED: 2.2 years ago
member for 8.7 years, 565 visits, last login: 362 days ago
 Hanford,Kings,CA
 $49 per month (12 month contract)
 about 14 days
 SBC
 "Good service at a fair price."
 "Web site is badly organized making it difficult to find correct/current info."
 "They've come a long way in the last year or so... I'm sticking with them. :)"
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I'm "grandfathered" under the old 384-1.5 (guaranteed 384) plan for $49.95 a month, self install, free modem (with rebate). And since my capacitive loop length is right at 18,200 feet and I'm getting 640/108 transfer rates with a 768 cap, i'm staying put! The nly other option for me is wireless, and they can't touch the 768/128 and unlimited throughput for anywhere near $49.95. And I'd have to buy the CPE and pay an install fee.
In addition, ASI and PacBell have gotten much better at working together here locally. When my line started having probs, I got a truck roll within a day from ASI, who got a PacBell truck roll the SAME day to remove a bridge tap off my line.
The field techs out this way may not be the best trained or best equipped, but they are working hard to give the best service possible within the constraints placed on them by management and the aging plant.
Thumbs up overall.
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Review by Packhead
UPDATED: 3.4 years ago
member for 7.6 years, 812 visits, last login: 128 days ago
Crown Point,Lake,IN
$34 per month (6 month contract)
Ameritech
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Review by philipsj
UPDATED: 4.1 years ago
member for 7.8 years, 23 visits, last login: 49 days ago
Columbia,Richland,SC
$45 per month (12 month contract)
about 14 days
BellSouth
CLEC party: BellSouth
"DirecTV Was great!! Good connectivity. Good speed"
"They went away"
"Sad they left. Were the ultimate Geek DSL"
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These guys were great -- let you do anything and run anything on your DSL connection.
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Review by stillerfan
UPDATED: 4.8 years ago
member for 7 years, 4 visits, last login: 4.7 years ago
Westfield,Hamilton,IN
$41 per month (month by month)
about 17 days
Ameritech
"Excellent Sevrice only 17 days ordering went smooth as silk"
"Love it. Always up.Fast. Reliable. Excellent service."
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I shopped around for a lot of DSL. Directv seemed like the only ones who wanted my business.
Ameritech set up the lines farily fast as the area is brand new to availability.
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 Review by unsub
UPDATED: 4.9 years ago
member for 9.4 years, 1680 visits, last login: 8 days ago
Newton Upper Falls,Middlesex,MA
Contract price not specified.
"If"
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 Review by PK
UPDATED: 5 years ago
member for 9 years, 3381 visits, last login: a few hours ago
Center Line,Macomb,MI
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Review by HAMMGB
UPDATED: 5.4 years ago
member for 8.9 years, 348 visits, last login: 1 year ago
West Bend,Washington,WI
$49 per month
about 60 days
CLEC party: Rhythms
"GREAT DOWNLOAD AND UPLOAD SPEEDS."
"ALWAYS UPDATING."
"SPEED PROBLEMS STYLE AWAY!!!!!"
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DSLREPORTS MEMBERS,
There service has gone down hill and rumor has it they are going out of business. Get out fast!!
HAMMGB
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 Review by ghost446
UPDATED: 5.8 years ago
member for 9.1 years, 736 visits, last login: 63 days ago
Coraopolis,Allegheny,PA
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 Review by gnosys
UPDATED: 5.8 years ago
member for 7.5 years, 1989 visits, last login: 1 days ago
Marietta,Cobb,GA
$49 per month (12 month contract)
about 14 days
BellSouth
"Good speeds, easy hook-up"
"Newsgroup selection is a bit weak"
"Happy Boy"
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I was up and running within two weeks of sealing the deal w/ DirecTV. Setup was very easy and everything worked just as the instructions said they would. Since getting the service, I have done some research here on DSLR about DirecTV as a provider (hey, better late than never), and I have read reviews from glowing to condemning, so I guess it doesn't pay to generalize about a provider's quality when there are so many variables involved but, whatever the reason, I have been very lucky with DTV. Speeds consistantly in the 1200/225 (out of 1.5/256) range with minimal tweaking. I would recommend these guys.
Update - Well, they're gone now, but they were a good ISP for me right up until the end. I'm with Bellsouth now and they're OK except for no static IP and the recent news server problems.
Update 1/26/2004 - I was feeling guilty about continuously ignoring the periodic prompts to "review my ISP", so I will post a follow-up. Bellsouth has been a good ISP for almost a year now, except for the problems with the News service. Surfing and e-mail have been fast and reliable. I haven't been able to access News for several months now, and I've basically given up. Tried everything I could think of, talked to tech. support 3 different times, but they are ineffective. The last guy I talked to said that they would forward my information onto a line tech. and I would be contacted within 24-48 hours. That was 3 weeks ago and I haven't heard a peep. I'm not a big news user, so it's not a catastrophe for me (i.e., not worth giving them a "horror story" review), although the poor customer service is disappointing. Otherwise, they've been OK. But if a better deal comes along after my contract expires in March, I won't be afraid to check it out.
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Review by wilsongw
UPDATED: 5.9 years ago
member for 8.1 years, 199 visits, last login: 155 days ago
Costa Mesa,Orange,CA
$49 per month
about 21 days
SBC
"Quick Install and Seamless Integration"
"The best install I've had to date"
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I ordered online and within 3 weeks I received my DSL gateway, plugged it in, and was up and running at 1.3 after tweaking. This was the smoothest easiest DSL install I have come across. I did not have to deal with customer service one time (not even for the order). Advertised 1.5 Mbps for $49 with a static IP address - no other service provider came close to this deal.
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