🚀 go-pugleaf

>I just checked with GTE and TCI for availability of high speed Internet in
>the Plano, TX area. I discovered ADSL is available now and TCI@Home is set
>to launch on Dec. 30. Here are my options (all speeds are stated in
>bits-per-second).

Plano is a big place.  I think when you say "12/30/98" you may not be
referring to "all of Plano," but bits and pieces of Plano."  For example, I
live in NW Plano, which was "supposed to be" rolled out 12/15/98."  Now we
are part of the 12/30/98 rollout.  Supposedly.

I talked to an installer on the street the other day who informed me it may
be "months" (with a big sigh.) So who knows *when/where* anyone in
particular's house in "Plano" may get installed.

>I have ISDN now 128k/128k u/d for $140/mo ($80 for the ISDN line, $40 for
>ISP + $20 for /29 subnet).
>Based upon what I know today, I will most likely go for TCI@Home if it is
>available to my address by the end of January. Otherwise, I will try ADSL.
>In either case, I won't shutdown the ISDN service until the new service is
>up and proven stable. Finally, as I do even with ISDN, I'll maintain a
>dial-up account with my favorite local ISP.


Me too.  I was like, a few thousand feet "unqualified" (ugh) for ADSL in my
area of Plano, and still have ISDN (which is not looking as good as it used
to for the $$.)

Personally, I may go out and buy a cheap 56.6 modem and save some money till
cable "finally" (I'll believe it when I see it) arrives.  Paying $70 a month
to GTE and $30 to the ISP for ISDN just does not "get it" for me anymore.

Sal Sessa / Dallas
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