DSL anybody? $29.95 in selected So. Cal areas...

[xolus]

My relatives that live in San Diego received a DSL offer from Pacific Bell that states: $29.95 for the first 3 months, and then it goes to $49.95. Here's the nice part: no annual contract, free DSL modem, and no activation fee!

I understand this promotion is not only being offered in San Diego County, but also in the Orange County (So. Cal).

I don't know for how long this offer will run, but hey, at least you can get into the broadband bandwagon without any risks!

Happy faster web-surfing!!!

 

[aGeNt73]

Just ordered this today from Pac Bell.

Xolus is correct in the details. But for us net junkies, the 1ip might not be enough. You can get the "enhanced dsl" package also which comes with 5 static ip's for 64.95 a month. If you want the enhanced dsl, you have to pay the following fees:

1) 50.00 DSL Provision Fee (waived in the current 29.95 promotion)
2) 100.00 IP Setup Fee
3) 250.00 Installation Fee
4) 99.00 for the modem.

The best thing to do is, just get the promotional package. You get the free modem, don't have to pay the provision fee, and if you do self install you save like 250 there. Once that's setup, the CSR told me that I could just upgrade to the enhanced dsl and I'd only have to pay the 100.00 IP Setup fee. You can use the free modem that came with the promotion and no provision fee (since dsl is already installed). He also said you could pretty much do the self installation yourself. I doubt its hard at all.

Hope this helps I'm getting the promotion and will call in to upgrade to enhanced dsl the very next day.

Bump for a good post

-aGeNt73

 

[blahblah99]

How is setting up an ip cost a $100? Isn't it just a quick unplug the cable, plug it into a different server, and reserve an ip for that user? If so, how does that cost an extra $100 for less than 10 minutes of work? Man... companies these days...

How is pac bell service? are ping times good?

 

[saturngarden]

How to apply it, more infomation please

 

[the FooL]

My roommate and I have Ma Bell up here in the bay area.

ping times are decent, and I usually download close to the max bandwidth (unless my roommate is also grabbing something).

We were going to do the single IP sign-up with an upgrade, but so far, we haven't, since neither of us hosts games currently.

BTW, it is PPPoE with Ma Bell, even with multiple IPs I believe.

 

[Davemeister]

sweet deal. currently with directv dsl, which goes through pac bell anyways. my $20/mo promotional deal just ended, and regular is $50/mo, so I might as well switch to pac bell and get my dsl directly from the source, cutting out the middleman and getting a promotional rate again for a few months.

 

[vladgur]

If multiple IPs are so important to you, why not get a router for $50 instead of making Pacific Bell rich?

 

[riznick]

A router doesnt get you multiple WAN IPs. WAN IPs have to be assigned from the telco.

I think you are thinking of LAN IP's, not WAN IP's.

 

[Zclyh3]

I hate DSL. The only thing that's preventing me from getting it are the contracts. Cable all the way!

 

[dimwit]

Cable all the way!

Unfortunately cable is not available in my area (Northern Santa Barbara county) for another 30 months! So DSL (Verizon in my case) is the only way to go, and even at that people across the freeway are envious since they can't get anything.

 

[Davemeister]

talked to pac bell and the deal is confirmed for san diego and orange county. but, basic service is dynamic ip. if you want static you have to upgrade and they only sell static ip addresses in blocks of 5. I don't host anything so I guess the dynamic ip is no big deal, and a dsl router can deal with the dynamic ip as well, and just keep re-assigning more dynamic ip's from its own dhcp server internally. I just want to share 2 or 3 computers on it. if you currently have dsl, you have to disconnect service and then sign up for pac bell, and the down time is around 2 weeks now. I guess I could live with that since I have dsl at work too. nice to have the $30 promotional rate for 3 months and no setup fee or contract.

if we had cable broadband in my area I would have gone for that instead.

 

[xolus]

<< How to apply it, more infomation please >>



If you live within the two counties in California (Orange county and San Diego County), then just call them up and verify that your address has DSL availability. They can take your order over the phone and I believe you can be up and running within a week and a half.

Agent73, I'd advise you to wait until service is established before you call in to make the changes on your account. You never know the finance department if they'll read $50 activation fee and the modem free, etc, etc...
Personally, I'd wait until my next billing cycle started (after the first month charges appeared), to make any billing changes.

In my area, I can d/l up around 6-8 Megs/min, depending on the source, and yes, I have their basic setup with a slow 250Mhz emachine.. :| which I'm looking to replace about now!

 

[Hoeboy]

verizon has a similar deal. no contract, no installation fee, free modem, etc etc. first 3 months is 39.95 though. cost 10 bux more but pretty decent since no contract.

 

[dentalboy]

better to have to contract so you can switch around and compare

 

[Hoeboy]

better to have no contract u mean?

 

[slycat]

some of yous have brain-eye-hand coordination probs...heheh