As has been indicated I’ve been without high speed internet access the last month.  It’s amazing how you miss things when they’re gone. It’s true of people, and apparently High Speed Internet Access.  I was hoping to have been up and running by today as my DSL in service date was yesterday.  However, I’m writing this still connected via by mobile. The DSL is still not working, and am beginning to lose hope that I will be able to get it activated.  I tried two years ago to get DSL without a phone line.  It never worked and I gave up. I ended up having access via Comcast. Now I have DishNetwork and was hoping to try DSL again.  I even got a phone line which I didn’t need, hoping that it would help the provisioning process - it hasn’t. I spent nearly a month trying to work with Verizon to get things to work last time. I’m only going to give them a week this time around and do not have high expectations.  In the end, I may have to switch over to Comcast just for the high speed connection.

  1. Dishnetwork + Verizon DSL, Aproximately $75/month
  2. Dishnetwork + Comcast High Speed, Aproximately $100/month
  3. Comcast Cable and High Speed, Approximately $85/month

I picked option one because it was the best deal, but it’s not much of deal if it doesn’t work. I may be forced to option 2 for 3 months because I’m on contract with Dishnetwork. After my contract runs out, I can then go with option 3 and use Comcast for everything.  I imagine I can find some deals if I do some research this week, but it’s a little harder without high speed.