[ale] recommended personal DSL provider for Alpharetta ?

[James Sumners]

I was paying $59.95/mo for 3Mbs/384Kbs service from Speedfactory
(their old pricing for a static IP and unfiltered ports with all taxes
and fees included). On top of that I was paying Bellsouth $38.95/mo
for basic phone service with caller-id; no long distance, or anything
else. Just caller-id. I _had_ to have Bellsouth service in order to
get DSL through Speedfactory. So, in essense, I was paying $100/mo
just for internet connectivity. I really wanted to stay with DSL so I
looked at Speakeasy. Their naked "OneLink" DSL service is $55.95/mo
for 1.5Mbs/384Kbs. Why would I pay essentially the same price for
slower downstream DSL? Opting to go with cable, I will be paying about
$35/mo for a 3Mbs/384Kbs cable connection and $15/mo for Vonage's
basic VoIP service. That's $50/mo for internet and phone service with
many more features than the $40 service from Bellsouth. So, I don't
really consider Speakeasy a deal when it comes to the bills every
month. I am quite sure they are a deal when it comes to needing
customer service. But on a college student/worker budget, I can't
afford that convenience.

On 9/24/06, Jim Philips <briarpatchkid at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> I'm not sure Speakeasy is so expensive. Right now, I get POTS and DSL from
> BellSouth at about $75 a month (price drop after one year of doing business
> with them). In addition to that, I pay another $79 to T-Mobile to get
> cellular service for me and my wife. Guess what? I don't particularly need or
> want POTS. If I get the naked DSL service from Speakeasy, I'm paying $55.95 a
> month for Internet minus POTS. Looks like a saving to me.


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