AT&T DSL Only Option

This week I noticed that AT&T is offering DSL without requiring phone service.  For about $29 per month you can get 3.0Mbps down and 512Kbps up.  This also gives you free access to AT&T wireless access points across the US.  This service would normally cost $39 per month, so if you need it, this can work out to be a very good deal.

Personally I wish they offered faster upload speeds.  (They have a 768Kbps up service, but it isn’t available in our area.)   I do a lot of online meetings where I share my screen and the lower speeds cause problems.

This “DSL without phone service” package is something new.  (I don’t think it was available two months ago when I was looking at a faster alternative to my cable modem.) I know a lot of people who don’t have a normal land line telephone that have been stuck using a cable modem because the combined cost of a phone line plus DSL was greater than the cable modem charges.  The new service offers these people some additional options.