Am I out of broadband options?

[elSicomoro]

Originally posted by vsp
Oddly, Earthlink's web page said "Sure, no problem" to DSL on my line, even though Verizon's said no way. This makes me wonder exactly what's going on here -- it's not as if Earthlink's people will be running their own fiberoptics to my apartment complex. (That, and I trust Earthlink as far as I can throw them.)

I would just be wary of them. I had a really bad experience with them about 3 years ago on dialup service. My biggest beef with them was that you had to jump through hoops to actually find a number to call to talk to a human being. That, and I hate their parent (Sprint).

Apparently, things have gotten better. Since their buyout of Mindspring, I've had no major problems, other than a few dialup issues.

I've considered the @Home service, given that it's available where I live. But there are other things to take care of first...not to mention, I think I'd rather have DirecTV or digital cable first.