[SGVLUG] seeking local opinion -- earthlink as an ISP

[Tom Emerson]

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I've just got off the phone from the THIRD cold-call this week from
Earthlink trying to sell me on high-speed DSL.  I was able to stop the
first two callers by demanding a static IP address (which sufficiently
confused them enough that I could gracefully get out of the call) the
third caller had enough of a clue to find out it would be (essentially)
$5 more [during the introductory period], so I stopped him with "can I
get that in writing?"

Instead, he directed me to the page http://www.earthlink.net/highspeed,
where the "start here" form showed I could get /really/ high speed
(6mbit) and the "order now" link showed that the static IP option(*) was
actually $15/month more.  This would bring the price to $35/month for
the 6 month intro period, $55/month after that.  Any opinions from the
peanut gallery here as to good, bad, or indifferent?

I've been w/pacbell since "day 1" for this area, and to be honest, I'm
now behind the curve enough that my "blazingly fast DSL" seems pokey by
today's standards (>cough< 384 symmetrical >cough<) so this offer does
have my attention.  Anyone with pacbell experience know if they would
make a suitable counter-offer?

before I go, does anyone know of a link to the current earthlink
TOS/AUP?  I can't seem to find it on the order form page, and one thing
I'd really hate to lose is the ability to (legally) host a web server
(not that I'd be bummed about /illegally/ hosting said server, but
things like that have a way of biting one in the backside down the road...)

Tom

(*) I was amazed that they are willing to offer a static IP, after so
many years now of hiding the fact such things exist.  However, it
appears that "VPN"s are all the rage, and as (most) seem to need static
IP addresses on both ends, offering a static address is now a featured
item...

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