I had Earthlink for years, and I would have stayed with them if I could have actually gotten the 1.5Meg/second delivery that standard DSL is supposed to deliver. I was at about 25% for a while, then up to 50% when I complained last year. They tweaked the line, but said AT&T wouldn't allow any more "DSL" in our backwater on the phone system. Now I've set up a cable connection (ONLY cable, no bundle) for the same price, 10Meg per second. Wow. Other than a catastrophic crash when I uninstalled a proxy server from work (you don't want to know. . . ) it has been great. I'll be rebuilding the computer this week, when the new hard drive arrives.

The Earthlink people were very gracious when I explained that the tech I spoke to last spring said I should ask for a refund. All I asked for, when I cancelled my account, was a year free ($50) of their enhanced web email (up to 5 web accounts), so I can move my accounts over to other providers on my schedule. I may continue to pay for their email, I don't know. They are great, but the phone company hub is too far away for their DSL to work as promised.

Art, there should, in this day and age, be an affordable high-speed option for you, even in Peru, IL.

Take care, and I hope Chris is well soon.

Maggie