Thanks for all this information - Mudcat members always come up with the goods!

Do you think the speed Verizon are likely to actually deliver (around half the speed advertised as suggested by John) is going to be suitable to view the odd YouTube video? That is likely to be the hairiest thing we'll be downloading. the rest will be a bit of surfing, listening to a bit of internet radio, and emailing.

Dad's phone is with Verizon, it certainly looks easy enough to sign up with. My plan would be to order the service about now so that all the bits are in place for me to actually connect when I go over next week. I'm assuming it will take Verizon around a week to activate the DSL on the phone line.

Cheers,

John