[BC] Wideband in DC

[R J Carpenter]

Mark W Earle commented:
>A home high speed connection is $20-40/month.

Not everywhere!

I live 15 miles from that big White House in DC.

Verizon's web site tells me that they can't supply me with ADSL.  It 
would be close to $40 a month if they could.  They don't offer 
service in much of Potomac, an upscale region near me. Potomac is 
upscale, but the part I'm talking about has small lots.

Comcast can give me high speed computer access via their TV cable, 
but it's $60 per month - same price with or without Basic Cable TV 
service. About $45 if I already had TV cable - which I don't.

The weird thing is that I actually do have ADSL from Verizon and 
usualy get 1.4 megabits per second.  They get overloaded some 
evenings and then surfing is SLOW, slower than my old dialup service 
which I have kept.

bob c.