We did a little research on the current pricing and options for
Southwestern Bell's "SBC Yahoo!" DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) Internet
service, which is now available in most areas of Emporia, and we were
very
pleasantly surprised!
First, a little bit about what DSL is.
Digital Subscriber Line service is
a way of providing always on
broadband
(high speed) Internet access over regular copper telephone lines. The DSL
service
piggybacks
its signal on top of the regular telephone dial tone on an existing plain
old telephone service (POTS) copper wire pair. Functionally it is a
service that provides Internet access that is 6 - 10 times faster than the
fastest dial-up connection you can make, and it doesn't tie up a phone
line. So if you wait 15 seconds for a web page to load over your dial-up
connection, you would see the same page in 1.5 - 4 seconds.
Now, a little bit more about the "doesn't tie up a phone line" part. The
DSL signal coexists with any voice / fax / modem traffic over a standard
phone line. You could, theoretically, dial in and surf the Internet on the
same line, although why you'd want to would be a mystery.
No more busy signals for people calling in, no more waiting until the line
is free to send a fax or make a call.
SBC Yahoo! Business DSL accounts on a one year contract runs around
$30.00 per month or $360.00 per year for 384 Kbps up (request speed) -
1.5 Mbps down (delivery speed) versus 21 - 53 Kbps dial-up connection
speed.
IF YOU DISCONNECT A LINE DEDICATED TO DIAL-UP ACCESS AND CANCEL YOUR
DIAL-UP ACCOUNT (YOU WON'T NEED IT ANYMORE) YOU'LL
SAVE
A MINIMUM OF $120.00 PER YEAR AND REALIZE A TIME SAVINGS OF 85% OF WHAT
YOU SPEND JUST WAITING (AND WAITING) NOW!
If this interests you,
give us a call
and we'll take a look at your specific situation and whether it makes
sense for you. If you want to see just how fast DSL is, call and come
by our office and you can see for yourself.
