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ive had SBC dsl for about 3-4yrs and never once had an issue at my house....its 29/mo but im getting 3mb down w\ about 384k up...so i top out at like 300kbs downstream and 50kbs upstream...cant get cable in my area, and im satisfied w\dsl since i can top out and either way im not paying for it in the house hehe 
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Originally Posted by -j-
Just in case you have not, try to ask them to lower your high speed price. Those paying $49 bucks are paying too much. DSL just came down to $15 a month. I just had my price cut to $29 for 6 months, which is still too much, but DSL in my area only goes to 384kbps. I may switch after that.
Exactly. I pay $20 a month for my dsl because I'm an SBC *****, I have cingular phone, dish HD TV, SBC local and LD, as well as SBC DSL. I was getting ready to can my DSL a little over a year ago and called the service center. They said if I changed my long distance to them I qualified for some insane discount so I went for it, because I rarely use LD, I use Skype or my cell
. The best part was right after I started getting the discount I had some troubles with the line. The tech came out, played with something in the box down the street and I have been uncapped ever since. I used to get 15KBps up and 150KBps down so constant it looked like a perfect line in my bandwidth monitor. Now I get about 70KBps up and 400BKps down(that's about 650Kb up and 3.2Mb down). It's not a rock solid speed, if I watch on the bandwidth monitor I can tell it's now the line limiting my speed, but it doesn't dip below 50KBps up and 300KBps down when I'm moving stuff so it's way happy, and for $20 a month I LOVE IT.
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Originally Posted by -j-
Just in case you have not, try to ask them to lower your high speed price. Those paying $49 bucks are paying too much. DSL just came down to $15 a month. I just had my price cut to $29 for 6 months, which is still too much, but DSL in my area only goes to 384kbps. I may switch after that.
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I live by San Jose state and mine is $20 a month, but I haven't re-negotiated lately. You should give sbc a call and see what they can do for you.
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go to www.sbcdsl.com and check if it is available by typing in your home phone #.
It should be available. You are in Silicone Valley.
It should be available. You are in Silicone Valley.
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yeah...
i get the scb yahoo dsl for 19.99 a month also.
I just use it for 6month periods at a time.
When the time is up, i call them and cancel, then sign up again.
Ha ha ha, its ghetto but it works for a poor student like me.
i get the scb yahoo dsl for 19.99 a month also.
I just use it for 6month periods at a time.
When the time is up, i call them and cancel, then sign up again.
Ha ha ha, its ghetto but it works for a poor student like me.
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www.dslextreme.com $50 a month, and its very quick!
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Originally Posted by -j-
Just in case you have not, try to ask them to lower your high speed price. Those paying $49 bucks are paying too much. DSL just came down to $15 a month. I just had my price cut to $29 for 6 months, which is still too much, but DSL in my area only goes to 384kbps. I may switch after that.
eh! what service is 15 bucks again?
edgar,
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oh and btw charter ROCKS! im sorry for all of you with comcast they do totally royalty suck!
i purposely bought a house outside of comcasts grasps!
talk about a selling point
edgar,
i purposely bought a house outside of comcasts grasps!
talk about a selling point
edgar,
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Originally Posted by zumnwrx
i have charter and after reading this quickly started dialing... i saved 7 dollars a month
eh! what service is 15 bucks again?
edgar,
eh! what service is 15 bucks again?
edgar,
I am with Comcast at the moment by the way. I forgot to mention that. I was paying $11 per month for about 2 years and then it came up to $49. DSL is just too slow in my area. They say because of the my house being 10 feet too far from the sub-station. Blah!
Originally Posted by mcdrama
www.dslextreme.com $50 a month, and its very quick!
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Originally Posted by zumnwrx
i have charter and after reading this quickly started dialing... i saved 7 dollars a month
eh! what service is 15 bucks again?
edgar,
eh! what service is 15 bucks again?
edgar,
I'd like to know also.
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Here's the shpill.
*$14.95 promotional pricing available for new SBC Yahoo! DSL residential customers who purchase the DSL Express service. SBC Yahoo! Pro service available for $24.99 promotional price for residential new Pro service customers. Offers only valid for new orders placed online at www.sbc.com or http://promo.yahoo.com/sbc/; other third party channels excluded. Static IP products not included. This online price is a limited time offer. Offer not valid with any other SBC Yahoo! DSL promotion. SBC local service and one year term required. $200 early termination fee. At end of term, then-current monthly rate applies. $150-$200 additional charge if technician install is required or desired. Equipment charges will appear on the first bill along with any corresponding and offsetting instant credits. Laptop users and some desktop users may need to purchase an Ethernet card. Billing begins on service activation date. Service not available in all areas. Subject to change without notice. Maximum speed achieved depends on customer location. Acceptance of Terms of Service required. Taxes and additional fees & surcharges extra. Other restrictions apply.
*$14.95 promotional pricing available for new SBC Yahoo! DSL residential customers who purchase the DSL Express service. SBC Yahoo! Pro service available for $24.99 promotional price for residential new Pro service customers. Offers only valid for new orders placed online at www.sbc.com or http://promo.yahoo.com/sbc/; other third party channels excluded. Static IP products not included. This online price is a limited time offer. Offer not valid with any other SBC Yahoo! DSL promotion. SBC local service and one year term required. $200 early termination fee. At end of term, then-current monthly rate applies. $150-$200 additional charge if technician install is required or desired. Equipment charges will appear on the first bill along with any corresponding and offsetting instant credits. Laptop users and some desktop users may need to purchase an Ethernet card. Billing begins on service activation date. Service not available in all areas. Subject to change without notice. Maximum speed achieved depends on customer location. Acceptance of Terms of Service required. Taxes and additional fees & surcharges extra. Other restrictions apply.