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Well, the AT&T / BellSouth deal was approved late today.

Kristi left a comment on my earlier post talking about her good experience with cable Internet. But the cheapest cable plans I can find here (through Charter Communications) are much more expensive than my DSL Lite — at least, they are more expensive once you get past the cable company’s low price for the six-month introductory period.

A couple of years ago, BellSouth made a point of doing away with such bait-and-switch introductory pricing for their internet service and declared that the advertised price was the real price. I think that was a smart move on their part, and hope that AT&T operates the same way.

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John Carney is a journalist, a certified United Methodist lay speaker, a veteran of foreign and domestic short-term mission trips, and author of a self-published novel, Soapstone.
  • http://www.writers-edge.info Georganna Hancock

    ATT offers DSL in San Diego for $14.95/mo. Don’t know if that’s a teaser, but I’d never go back. What you get really depends on your phone line. You can buy DSL service from any company that leases the local phone lines. Here it’s old SBC lines. The service was soooo slow and glitchy. I am quite happy with Time Warner’s RoadRunner cable modem service, even though it goes out occasionally. If you do a lot of work online like building websites, uploading files, downloading large image files, music, movies, then cable is the only way to go!

  • http://www.writers-edge.info Georganna Hancock

    ATT offers DSL in San Diego for $14.95/mo. Don’t know if that’s a teaser, but I’d never go back. What you get really depends on your phone line. You can buy DSL service from any company that leases the local phone lines. Here it’s old SBC lines. The service was soooo slow and glitchy. I am quite happy with Time Warner’s RoadRunner cable modem service, even though it goes out occasionally. If you do a lot of work online like building websites, uploading files, downloading large image files, music, movies, then cable is the only way to go!

  • http://www.gryfalia.com Kristi

    Insight Cable started us out with the $30/month pricing for “at least a year,” but then after our year was up, they sent us a letter saying they were extending it for at least another year. :)

    As much gaming as we do, we really benefit from having cable. Hopefully your area will get more competitive pricing soon. :)

  • http://www.gryfalia.com Kristi

    Insight Cable started us out with the $30/month pricing for “at least a year,” but then after our year was up, they sent us a letter saying they were extending it for at least another year. :)

    As much gaming as we do, we really benefit from having cable. Hopefully your area will get more competitive pricing soon. :)