[DCBryan1]

Which states?

[ShadowAce]

[BallyBill]

My first DSL was 768/128. After a decade of dialup it was fantastic and I could still live with it for simple websurfing at that price.

I use a faster plan now for business reasons, but that ain't bad.

[Clara Lou]

AT&T can keep their $10 plan. If they're going to be sharing my web activities with the Feds, they don't get my money. Aside from that, 4-5 years ago, they blew into the neighborhood and persuaded many people to use their internet services--which meant putting small dishes on the roofs of most houses. [I wouldn't let them. I made them put it on the back side of my house.] In less than a year, they blew back through the area and said that they were discontinuing service. They removed all of their stuff, gave each home $100 for their trouble. In the meantime, a lot of people are left with holes in their roofs filled with caulk.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

“The plan was not mentioned in a Friday news release about AT&T’s DSL plans, and is slightly hidden on the AT&T Web site. A page describing DSL options doesn’t mention it, but clicking a link for “Term contract plans” reveals it. It’s also presented to customers who go into the application process, Coe said.”
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http://www.att.com/gen/general?pid=6431

also.....gotta watch out for that “up to” phrase.....it means claimed vs actual, and sometimes sidesteps the additional money to get anywhere near the “up to” theoretical

I pay 30-something/mo for a cable adv at 500kbps download.....and have never seen it below 470, even on a Sunday afternoon.....trying to save ten or fifteen bucks ain’t worth it to me.

[Vinnie]

768 kilobits

Wouldn't that be around 100 kilobytes.

Isn't a bit 1/8th of a byte?

[Popocatapetl]

You can have your cake, you just can’t eat it. That is, with AT&T, you can have broadband, but you can only use it to web surf, no USENET, or P2P, or to transfer IRC binaries, or any other high bandwidth use. Probably even restricts VoIP.

So, in other words, you could save yourself a nickel a month and get NetZero dialup, to do about the same thing.

About as useful as MS Vista Basic on a computer with 256mb RAM.

[SamAdams76]

One thing you should know about AT&T. They are the only major carrier to agree to rat you out to the MPAA and RIAA if they find you are moving copyrighted files across their network. Even if you are sending a copyrighted file from a DVD or CD you legally own to yourself on another computer you own, if you use the AT&T network to do this, you can be reported as a thief to the MPAA or RIAA and they will be able to come after you.