I just noticed you said ISDN was not availible in your area. My bad.
Are you sure ISDN is not an option for you? I'm way out in the boonies and can get it.
-Brent
I'm in a similar situation and got an ISDN line from my teleco. The service is about $90/month (SBC), and provides 2 64K channels. I use it both for my phone and internet connection. Internet is 64K that bursts to 128K when the phone is not in use. ISDN router/terminal adapter can be had for about $200. It is not DSL but I was very surprised how much better even the 64K ISDN is to a "56K" dial-up. 128K ISDN is all you need unless you want to download lots of music or movies. -Brent
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I just noticed you said ISDN was not availible in your area. My bad. Are you sure ISDN is not an option for you? I'm way out in the boonies and can get it. -Brent
I'm in a similar situation and got an ISDN line from my teleco. The service is about $90/month (SBC), and provides 2 64K channels. I use it both for my phone and internet connection. Internet is 64K that bursts to 128K when the phone is not in use. ISDN router/terminal adapter can be had for about $200. It is not DSL but I was very surprised how much better even the 64K ISDN is to a "56K" dial-up. 128K ISDN is all you need unless you want to download lots of music or movies. -Brent