http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/ Engadget Comments for Man's quest for $10 AT&T DSL ends in success... kind of http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/Jul 13th 2007 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/Shut up.]]>Jul 13th 2007 12:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/Jul 13th 2007 12:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/Jul 13th 2007 12:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/Aug 4th 2007 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/
I can't fathom how someone whould think something like this would be "easy", but, more to the point, why would someone want to go through this to save approx. #100? Maybe he ought to take a class to figure out the present value of that cash flow stream. It might keep him from wasting his time in the future.]]>Jul 13th 2007 12:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/Jul 13th 2007 1:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/Jul 13th 2007 1:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/Jul 13th 2007 2:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/are you talking about the FIOS service? I just checked out their service plans and I must say... Those speeds seem low... I'm guessing that there is some way to get a discount or something because, $179.95 for only 30Mbps/5Mbps seems insanely high.
]]>Jul 13th 2007 3:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/Jul 13th 2007 6:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/Jul 13th 2007 9:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/
Fiber-optic service of down/up=100/30Mbps in Japan is now on sale, about $10 per month with annual contract. Otherwise, $40/month.

Similarly, 12/1Mbps DSL is about $3/month, regularly $17.

Recent article on Seattle-PI says that
U.S. median download speed is 1.97 Mbps, while that of Japan is 61 Mbps
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/321336_speed27.html

For Japanese customers, US services must seem like a dial-up...at a hefty price.]]>Jul 13th 2007 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/Just goto http://flets.com/ all the details are there. Just hope you can read japanese]]>Jul 14th 2007 1:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/
This person HAS to be doing something wrong. My two professors are not tech savvy, and didn't have a single problem with this deal. I don't understand how someone could possibly have this much difficulty.]]>Jul 13th 2007 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/Jul 13th 2007 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/
Anyway, I'm happy with my 40 dollar FiOS. It beats the crap out of paying the cable co 45 + modem + cable TV. I hope I never have to give Comcast another cent -- and as much as I hate Verizon, that's saying something.]]>Jul 16th 2007 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/you simply get what you pay for... and $10 for broadband (albeit crappy broadband) is not going to buy you any customer service.
and it's only for a year.]]>Jul 13th 2007 1:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/Jul 13th 2007 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/Jul 13th 2007 2:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/
Of course, in a perfect world you wouldn't need it, because people who design Flash-heavy websites would be impaled on pikes and mounted on the lawns outside their offices to serve as a warning, but TANJ (There Ain't No Justice).]]>Jul 16th 2007 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/Jul 13th 2007 3:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/Jul 13th 2007 4:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/$49.99 seems like a really high price for only 15Mbps/2Mbps... but maybe thats just me
Sucks that you can't get nice cheap internet in the US.
Oh well, at least the cost of living is a lot cheaper in the US compared to Japan
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Used to be a good blog, now you just post stories about your personal problems with other peoples issues no one else cares about. Slow news year, I guess. ]]>Jul 13th 2007 6:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/Jul 13th 2007 7:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/
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Ken "Asshat" Hooray]]>Jul 13th 2007 7:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/
The followin is the info I know about in the US (don't know about all the markets, so if anyone knows that something's wrong, correct me)

The only company now that is actually rolling out fiber to the home is Verizon with their FIOS service. It's taking them a while to do though, since they have to put down new wiring everywhere. I guess technically it can be faster than what they're offering, but since they have no competition whatsoever, they can just offer you 15mpbs for $50 and people will still get it since that's the best that you can get. I think the only other company offering these speeds for the price is Cablevision in NY/NJ, which is a cable company, and they also give you 15mpbs for $50 or 30mpbs for $65.

Most everywhere else you're stuck with either DSL (up to 3mpbs, but in many places 1.5mpbs), or cable (which aside from Cablevision, usually offer only 3 or 5mpbs).]]>Jul 13th 2007 8:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/

And as an aside, this customer service is way better than /indian accent/ "we now please your reset cable modem." /off indian accent/]]>Jul 13th 2007 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/
The local electric company is going to use their easements to destroy the cable horrible cable company there because the owners of the electric company are tired of the expensive, unreliable cable service.]]>Jul 13th 2007 9:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/
Sorry in in advance for the PDF link:
http://www.citizensutilityboard.org/pdfs/ConsumerInfo/20070629_ATT10deal.pdf]]>Jul 13th 2007 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/mans-quest-for-10-atandt-dsl-ends-in-success-kind-of/http://www.DSLfor10.com's guide I might not have figured out how to find $10 DSL from AT&T. Anyone who is still trying to find out exactly how to order $10 should check out http://www.DSLatTenDollars.com.]]>Aug 24th 2007 7:10AM