Bennett Price wrote:

Cheri wrote:
I have been trying to get DSL, and they all want to send a kit (assuring
me since I am not a technical person at all) that it's very easy to
install by yourself. Has anyone here done that, and is it easy? I mean,
really easy...like any moron could do it easy? :-)

The electrical connections are easy, as previous posters have indicated.
But the software/configuration can be a nightmare. It took me ~5 hours
to get a friend hooked up to att/yahoo in Northern California. ATT's
installation software sort of destroyed everything in its path. Your
mileage may vary.

Yes, avoiding installing *any* ISP provided software is a good thing.
Getting the ISP's supported home router package generally helps the
novice user avoid the ISP's malware.