DSL/Cable in California?

[hd581]

A good friend of mine lives in LA and uses dial up (standard rig: $20 ISP, $35 dedicated line). I thought for $55 or so he could get Cable or DSL if it's available. Do any of you California ppl know if there are any providers in the area? DSL preferred...

edit That's $ per month, BTW.

[This message has been edited by hd581 (edited 05-22-2000).]

[Gene C.]

I think your friend needs to call these people. hope this helps: http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/front/docs/dsl052100.htm

I'm still debateing on that same thing here in fl. But, I hate to lose my 5+ year e-mail address.

[scotter]

pac bell ha dsl all over LA for 39.95 a month and 10.95 for the line total 50.00 just tell him to call pac bell http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[OuTpaTienT]

Don't know about LA, but here in the Bay Area both cable and DSL are availible depending on your neighborhood. Cable is $39/mo. and usually a free setup and hardware. The DSL companies aren't so smart...they've been about $49/mo forever with setup fees AND for less speed than over cable! I think DSL is finally starting to come down closer to $39/mo. But it's still slower than cable...at least in my experience (I have DSL at work & cable at home) my cable connection is anywhere from slightly faster to way WAY faster than any DSL line I've been on.

[SysOpt]

I've used Pacbell DSL in Sausalito for the last 10 months. Has been flawless for the most part. Down about 3 days total (complete outage) with slowdowns or inability to access some sites or features (SMTP server down, etc.) a few more days. But all in all, very reliable, and fast.

[brandon184]

I've switched between a few ISP's, and loosing your long term email addresses that you gave out to everyone can be a pain in the @ss.

What I reccomend for that is getting a cheap little general purpose domain name. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

Hopefully it would come in for a little more than email.

- Brandon