Well, maybe I spoke too soon. I got this rather cryptic e-mail this morning. I almost deleted it because I had no idea who "HSI Support Team 1" was.

Pre-Qual Red (mb)þ
From: HSI Support Team 1 (dslsteam@att.com)

Sorry! The DSL pre-qual request submitted on (530) 878-8419 is not qualified for DSL because the Pre-Qual result was RED. AT&T - DSL Support Center

So, does that mean they tested my line overnight and found that my particular line won't work even though my area has DSL? Or does it mean that it's just a brief delay because the ordering was made available before the setup was complete? Or what?
Thank you, AT&T.

The instructions make it sound simple - you just plug the modem into your phone line and into your computer, or you order a "Gateway" wireless router and network into it from one end and plug the other into the phone line. The Yahoo! think is just linke the free Yahoo! anybody can get. I'm under the impression I can keep my MSN e-mail address since MSN hotmail seems to give its services away nowadays.
Wish me luck.
-Joe Offer-