With all the DSL "Shakeouts" whats the Local ISP to do? We are a Computer Consulting Company and the DSL is a good "foot in the door" to other services. If all these DSL companies are dematerializing who should we partner with? how can you tell they will be around for more than a few months?
My old ISP started offering DSL through Verizon, the local telco. It cost 10 dollars more than Verizon's service and they want you to buy the modem and filters for 300 bucks! I'm not sure if they've sold any of this service, but I didn't buy it. The only advantage would have been keeping the same ISP, domain name, e-mail, etc...
In the end, though, this ISP (and others like them) may be the only one around since we can only assume the telcos will always be around.
