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To: Mark Oliver who wrote (1405)	1/27/1999 10:58:00 PM
From: Dave Hanson	Read Replies (2) of 2025

FWIW: My Megabit DSL experience (Spokane WA) mirrors Mr. Strachman's almost exactly. Pricing was the same. In my case, the feature phone didn't come, so when I called to inquire, I was politely credited $105 instead--the maximum available to the customer service person at that time. (I wasn't complaining, since the phone retails for $110 and I had no use for it to begin with.) I regularly get 32K downloads with my 256K service, and my friend in Seattle reports he is getting 60+K downloads. Hooking the home LAN to this DSL line was comically easy. I was all set for a day of tweaking and add-on software customization, and was surprised when it was "plug and go." This despite USW's official line that multiple machines weren't supported. $50 is a conservative estimate on the NIC they sent me--a retail 3com Fast Etherlink card. More like $95 retail, $60 for a good sale. It's almost (but not quite) enough for me to keep it after TCI rolls out cable modem service to my area. :)

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