I've been a long time happy customer of Pacbell/SBC/AT&T's DSL service since '99 but I think it's time to upgrade. I'm paying $25/mo for 1.5 Mbs down and 384 Kbs up but I have one of those original accounts with a static IP and no restrictions on hosting so I've been trying to hold off on making any changes.<br>
<br>I looked at AT&T's U-verse Internet (their version of fiber) but if I'm reading their web pages correctly, I can't order it unless I order it with their TV service which doesn't sound all that good compared to what I have now with my TiVo's and TimeWarner cable. A big show stopper is that their IPTV is not compatible with my HD TiVo so I'd have to use their DVR's which aren't very mature. I'd be giving up many features I have now so why would I want to pay more for less? Now if it is possible to order just their U-verse Internet w/o TV, does anyone know what the installation is like? I have a detached garage but there's a concrete patio/walkway between the garage the house. Don't really have room in the house either so the only place available is outside at the demarc. Can they install it there assuming I run power to the area?<br>
<br>Now apparently AT&T has a promo right now (I think it ends July) were
you can order any of their DSL tiers for only $25/mo for the first
year (then it goes up to who knows what) so I could upgrade to either 3 Mbs
or possibly 6 Mbs but is it worth giving up my static IP? <br><br>
As for cable, is it a myth about sharing the bandwidth with everyone in the neighborhood? I've pretty much had consistent speeds with DSL. <br><br>I'm familiar with dynamic DNS services. I've been using
<a href="http://dyndns.org">dyndns.org</a> to map my static IP but don't have any first hand experience
with dynamic IP's. How often do they change? I assume there's a Linux
client available for monitoring changes and pushing updates out to
<a href="http://dyndns.org">dyndns.org</a>?<br><br>Tom, did you
ever switch or do you still have the same service? Anyone else?<br><br>claude<br><br>