TD Driver wrote:
I'm in the same AT&T boat. I have another server, TeraNews, that
offers a pretty good package for a one-time fixed fee of a couple of
bucks.
I've got too much stuff with ATT to drop 'em, but they are tops on my
list for terrible service. When I signed up for my DSL, the sales gal
swore up and down that I'd be able to cover two computers at opposite
ends of my house with one connection. She said 300 feet is quite
doable, so my 75 feet between units was easily doable. Hah. I now
have two DSL services in my house. You think they'd give me a break
on the second service, right?

Larry


You DSL line SHOULD go to a router - even if you have only one computer
connected - because the router acts as a hardware firewall.

Once your router is online, you can connect multiple internet devices* to
the router. Say you get an 8-port router. One of the ports can host a second
router which now gives you a potential total of 15 connected devices. On the
second router, you can connect yet a third router for a (now) totals 22
computers, and so on. All sharing the ONE DSL connection.

You may need a 12-year-old male to help with the connections.

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* This includes not only computers but VoIP telephones.