Im getting SBC yahoo dsl pretty soon here.
I have had AT&T, PAc Bell (SBC), and Astound. I will never do busniess with SBC again. I set the DSL up, and had it running for about a month with no problems. Then it stops working. I checked EVERYTHING on my end. Nothing wrong. After hours of repeating myself and explaining that restarting my machine will not fix the f-ing problem, I finally got a technician to come out. (About two weeks later, all the mean time- no service.) He said the Lottery machine at 7-11 up the road was interfering with my modem, but he had to get someone else ot fix it - he wasn't qualified. I kept calling them, and get this - they would open a ticket, ping the DSL, get no response, and then close the ticket because they got no response, stating that the modem must be turned off. No. That's why you ping somehting. If you ping it and get no repsonse- you got no connection. You do not assume that the modem is turned off, especially not the 5th or 6th time in a row (I mean scheduled date to attempt pinging, not the 5th or 6th ping itself...) All the while, I'm getting a bill, and I finally replaced them with Astound, who, like AT&T's service, worked fine. Then SBC/PACBell was going to charge me for the time it didn't work AND a $250 early termination fee. After literally 10 hours of phone time, I got most of my money back, but was still stuck w/ a $100 DSL modem, and about a months worth of service which I shouldn't have had to pay for. (The whole thing went on for about two months.) I believe there was a class action lawsuit regarding a bunch of similar instances, later on. Apparently, when you sing the one-year agreement, SBC feels that they do not have to provide you the service, but you are obligated to pay.
In any case DSL sucks. Get a cable modem if possible, way faster in my experience, although either could be faster (for D/L) depending on your personal situation.
:finger SBC!