Earthlink DSL is excellent in my area and it has POP email rather than web based email.(POP3 email goes right into Outlook Express or Outlook rather than you having to use extra software and/or web interface mail) Verizon uses MSN for their email which is NOT POP3 mail. It used to be but they dropped it so I left MSN years ago. Too bad, they were good until then. You also do not have to have any software to use Earthlink DSL. They have software but I have never used it. There are instructions for setting up email and dialup connections on their support website and DSL just plugs in and works after it is set up with the modem. I have a linksys router and use multiple PC's, all with instant independent internet access. Earthlink provides the DSL modem. You also have 20 hours a month of dialup you can use if you are in another location and want to dial up and get your mail off their website mail service. Or if your DSL connection goes out---which is very rare, perhaps once a year for a few hours. The only serious problem I had was when the wires got disconnected by verizon who controlls my phone wires and that did take two weeks to get fixed. Earthlink gave me free dialup during that period. Earthlink also has a full range of newsgroups available. I used AOL for one month when I first got a computer and hated it. I know lots of people like AOL and Juno, etc. so if you do then you would probably like Verizon with MSN email. It is cheaper. Bluebelle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cris" <cris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 9:10 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: DSL companies --- Cindra >I am on my local cable company. I love it!! > You do have to check your area. > Earthlink sounded good - I looked in to it for a friend, and > they don't offer the DSL in my area. > There is a new - I guess it's a law - something about > telephone companies having to offer DSL. I don't recall the > details, since I didn't need it. Or - if it's a new state > law for where I live - or a national law! (lot of good I'm > doing, huh? ) But - where I live, Verizon is having a big > advertising campaign about their dsl lines. I've gotten > address changes recently from some friends back home (2 > hours from me), that they were changing to verizon. > Previously in that area, up until very recently, the only > option people seemed to have was AOL. About a year ago, the > cable company there started a broadband service. I think I > just got the last holdovers jumping from AOL to verizon, > telling me about their new e-mail addresses. > > Cris > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bashful Bob > To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 7:16 AM > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- DSL companies --- Cindra > > > It would depend what is offered in your area. > > My understanding is that with some companies (like verizon > [sp]) you may > have to get a special switch or router that is compatible > with their > company. An off the shelf stuff may not work with them. So I > suggest you ask > the company when you check into it. > > > > -- > <Please delete this line and everything below.> > > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/