Uhh.. you don't _have_ to go with QWest for DSL.  There are lots of other
carriers out there, Covad, Rhythms, etc.  I personally am getting a
Covad/Earthlink package.  I don't pay a single dime to QWest, except for
my phone bill.

Eden

From: "Derek Neighbors" <derek@gnue.org>
> DSL - Single provider (QWorst)
> 
> SpeedChoice - whopping 32k upstream and frequent outage with a helpdesk
> that has 4 - 6 on hold times
> 
> Cox@Home - similar crappy upstream choking and heavy down times, if you
> are in an area with many users forget about it your downstream will blow
> too
> 
> T1's - yeah right, if you are independently wealthy