 Review by dsldude08 
UPDATED: 228 days ago
member for 1 year, 263 visits, last login: a few hours ago
 La Crosse,La Crosse,WI
 $50 per month
 about 2 days
 CenturyTel
 "Fast, Reliable, Solid"
 "Tech support could be better. But it is free, and 24/7/365."
 "Best internet I've ever used."
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From order to install it took about two days. The technician came, wired up a separate phone jack ($85 though), and we synced up right away. I ordered the 10MB service, I'm about 2,300ft from the central office on 24 gauge copper (per the tech that came out). Speed tests average at about 10.5MB down and 720K up. the connection is PPPoE still, but hopefully they start sending the modems or routers pre-configured eventually. The prices range a little bit by a few different options. For example, the lowest speed available is the 256k and then it jumps to 1.5MB and then 3MB-15MB (15MB if you're fiber) and the 3MB-15MB are the same price, it just depends on what you can get at your location. Normal pricing that I was quoted was $50/mo for the 3MB-15MB, but with a discount it's $10 off for 12 months, of course the promotions change though. The modem I have is the Westell 7400 four port router, no wireless though as I have my own. I have not had any disconnects since I got it nor any drop in connection. My only suggestion is that I had to change the DNS servers to OpenDNS because CenturyTel's were a bit slower. I have had no bad experience as of yet and if I do I will post a follow-up.
***5-23-08***
I've only had a few issues with my DSL signal dropping a couple times, mainly due to the fact that I had it plugged in through a surge protector. It worked for months and then out of the blue it gets sensitive to it. Either way, not a huge issue. If you do get this installed by a tech, if you're ok with the cost (if there is one depending on what you get), get a direct line from the phone box on the side of your house (NID) to the room the computer is in, and have a whole house filter put on the NID, because then you don't have to use the little filters all over the house. Other than that, still rock solid, still getting over 10MB, just waiting for fiber to show up at my doorstep. :-D
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