I just ordered naked Verizon DSL (DSL without a voice dial tone). It’s not an option on their website, so you do have to call and pay a $5 premium, bringing it to $35 a month with a year commitment. Comcast is $43 if you also have cable TV, so Verizon is still a better deal. (You can get $30 DSL with a “$12″ basic line, but my last land line was at least $20 with various fees that funded the Spanish-American War until a few months ago.)
You also can’t dodge the setup/equipment fee if you’ve had DSL before; you’re still going to pay $30, so you might as well take the equipment. Though it is an integrated modem and wireless gateway, and having a spare is better than paying $2.50 a month in “insurance”.
Finally, the woman who took my order was the first in a long time to recognize that my email was my last name. I didn’t have the heart to tell her part of the reason was so I could jump to the cheapest Internet provider as the winds shift 
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November 7th, 2006 at 8:48 pm
Did you check out Verizon FiOS? Those dumb bastards are finally trying to bridge the last mile.
November 7th, 2006 at 8:53 pm
It’s being rolled out in the greater area, but not to me just yet. A few folks who have it at work seems to like it and get a good deal.