I have a theory that people with DSL get selective amnesia about their installations. I heard horror story after horror story from people about getting their connections up while they were going through it, but those same people bugged me incessantly to get DSL myself. Well, luxurious high-bandwidth is not going to paint over my memories. Covad won’t service my loop unless I go with IDSL. I don’t want to lock myself into a 1 year contract at a lower speed if there is a small chance I may be able to get something whizzier within a year. So, I’m back to calling @Home every few weeks and being glad that at least I usually get clean 50K+ modem connections.