How to Get the Most Out of ATT DSL Internet Service
Hi! My name is Dave, and below is original piece I wrote about Dry Loop from ATT that I wrote in March of 2008. But now it’s 2010, so I thought I would update all my AT&T articles by streamlining the pricing points right off the bat and put my original articles down below. And keep in mind these are the prices if you buy online, since the internet ordering department competes with the call centers.
But here’s a sneaky deal you can get (because they haven’t announced it anywhere!) Right now, they’re giving their all High Speed Internet packages at their OLD PRICE of $14.95. ANNNNNNDDD no annual contract, so you get the first 12 months at the reduced price. THIS WILL NOT LAST LONG.
About a year ago ATT actually MADE ME remove all references to the 14.95 because people were trying to still get the $14.95 deal but it was GONE. So I’m telling to SIGN UP and get it now before it’s gone again. And even their 6mb super-fast download plan is only $19.95. These prices are good for DSL with and WITHOUT phone service, but there are some slight differences.
Dry Loop prices. That’s DSL WITHOUT phone service. You can either click those BLUE links to learn more or read my explanations in this article.
| Dry Loop DSL Direct Basic CLICK HERE FOR INFO
$14.95 a month, 12 months at this price-Special Offer if you ORDER ONLINE Not applicable to U-verse Internet No annual contract needed |
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| Dry Loop DSL Direct Express CLICK HERE FOR INFO
$14.95 Month 12 months at this price-Special Offer if you ORDER ONLINE (regularly $35.00 a MONTH) Not applicable to U-verse Internet |
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Upload 384 KB No annual contract needed AT&T Wifi Included 11 email accounts Photo storage space included New or existing customers Dial up access included |
| Dry Loop DSL Direct Pro CLICK HERE FOR INFO
$14.95 Month 12 months at this price-Special Offer if you ORDER ONLINE (regularly $40.00 a MONTH) Not applicable to U-verse Internet |
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| Dry Loop DSL Direct Elite CLICK HERE FOR INFO
$19.95 Month 12 months at this price-Special Offer if you ORDER ONLINE (regularly $45.00 a MONTH) Not applicable to U-verse Internet |
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- Ok, “ATT DSL Direct” is the current name so just do your best to forget any other names you might have known it by.
- Dry Loop means DSL withOUT the phone service. Just plain high speed internet with no dial tone. A lot of people are confused and think you “get dry loop” with your phone service. Nope. You get Dry Loop INSTEAD of phone service. Either you want phone service and DSL or you want DSL by itself. Right?
- You can also get ATT phone service with Dry Loop. And it’s probably possible to have phone service from one company and Dry Loop internet from ATT. I wouldn’t really recommend it because of the technical complications. But I use AT&T DSL with an internet phone service and think it’s a good deal; 20 dollar phone from MagicJack
- The PRICES IF YOU ORDER ONLINE (meaning, if you CALL you might not get the same offers since those 2 ATT departments compete with each other) of Dry Loop (also called Naked DSL sometimes) starts at $19.95. Pay more and you get faster speeds $35.00 $40.00 and $45.00. It’s not available in every state you can click here to check.
Here’s What You Should Understand
You should start doing the math on these deals and if you have time read the COMMENTS section below. I get emails all the time with people asking me about this and that phone company and it has nothing to do with ATT that I use, and usually I do like I did in the comments section; I walk them through whatever order process they’re trying to figure out and the price and service they’re getting.
So when you look at these DSL prices you’ve got to remember in MOST of the country it’s hard to get DSL without the phone service and when you can get it’s VERY, VERY expensive and if you check around you’ll see. So ATT has DSL with the phone service (where they pretty much give you the modem AND about 60 dollars) and they’ve got DSL without the phone service, and the price is a tiny bit more. But think about it; it’s way lower than cable, so if you don’t need the phone stuff you can buy faster DSL and that’s STILL half the cable price.
Ok now this is DSL WITH phone service prices. If your ARE going to have phone service, you might think about the U-verse plans, see below for that information.
| DSL Basic $14.95 CLICK HERE FOR INFO
(Pretty much the lowest priced DSL in the country) This is DSL WITH Phone Service if you ORDER ONLINE Not applicable to U-verse Internet No annual contract |
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| DSL Express $14.95 CLICK HERE FOR INFO
12 months at this price-Special Offer (regularly $30.00) This is DSL WITH Phone Service if you ORDER ONLINE Not applicable to U-verse Internet |
Download 1.5 MB
Upload 384 KB No annual contract needed AT&T Wifi Included 11 email accounts Photo storage space included New or existing customers Dial up access included |
| DSL Pro $14.95 CLICK HERE FOR INFO
12 months at this price-Special Offer (regularly $35.00) This is DSL WITH Phone Service if you ORDER ONLINE Not applicable to U-verse Internet
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Upload 512 KB No annual contract needed AT&T Wifi Included 11 email accounts Photo storage space included New or existing customers Dial up access included
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| DSL Elite $19.95 CLICK HERE FOR INFO
12 months at this price-Special Offer (regularly $40.00) This is DSL WITH Phone Service if you ORDER ONLINE Not applicable to U-verse Internet |
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Ok I also think you should know about the current package/bundle pricing at ATT. They cal it U-verse, but basically you can mix and match different things like TV, cell phone, internet etc., here’s all the current specials; BUT THESE DEALS COME AND GO PRETTY FAST, so I try to keep it updated, but you should click through to see anything you like.
AT&T U-verse – A better TV experience! Get more info here
- U-verse TV for $29/mo: Get $25 off U-family/U100 or higher TV for 6 months on U-verse single (TV only) or double packs (TV & Internet)
- U-Verse Reward Card offers
- *$300 Reward Card on U-Verse Triple Pack: TV, Internet and Voice (not available with TV for $29/month for 12 months offer)
- *$200 Reward Card on U-Verse Double Pack of TV & Internet
- *$100 Reward Card on U-Verse Single Pack of TV only
- 2 non-DVR receivers included for 3 months
- $50 “Buy Now” offer on select dates in August
Anyway the prices of someplace like Comcast can be outlandish!
Ok, here’s my original article…
I used to have broadband cable access, but after my special introductory offer ended it was no longer the cheap cable internet plan I signed up for. I actually had cable high speed twice here in Chicago and once in LA. The first time I had tons of connection problems and it would go out and I had to learn all about it to figure out how to get it working again. But today we’re here to talk about ATT internet service, which I’ve also had twice in Chicago and once in LA. Why all these switches. Well I’ve moved at least once in both cities AND I bought my own equipment for AT&T and for Comcast, so I can switch depending on whose got a better deal, it really only involves a phone call.
And a few years ago SBC would offer the internet service for one year at a special price before going up to its regular price. Now they just have flat rates with particular speeds you can buy. And my broadband cable access had a similar deal, in fact that’s what happened; they had a plan that came with a hundred dollar rebate, plus the 42 dollars a month rate also had a 10 month/20 dollar discount. But once the 10 months were up that 42$ just didn’t seem bearable. Certainly not in the face of old DSL internet’s 14.95. Now make no mistake, cable internet gets at least 1.5 mb of speed and the ATT plan starts at 768 kb of download speed. WOW!!!! Hold the phone! That USED to be the price! As of 2 weeks ago that was the price, and I JUST went to the website to make sure and they’ve CHANGED THEIR PLANS. Holy crap. Ok here’s the current situation; 19.95 then 25$ then 30$ and 35$-those plans are called ATT Basic, Express, Pro and Elite. That’s very important to know when you order because the lowest price, as I said, has a 768 download speed, then 1.5 m (that’s 1500 kbs), then 3.0 and finally 6.0. And as you can see all of those are still cheaper than cable internet.
So let me tell you a couple of short stories. My sister has ATT DSL internet but was having problems downloading stuff. First I decided to check her modem and see what speed she was getting. You can do that by typing 192.168.0.1 into your browser. Then I sent her to the ATT DSL speed test site . Because you see there are 3 factors you need to consider. 1) The speed they promise on the website “up to” 768 download speed. 2) The speed your modem is actually reading from the phone company. 3) The speed you are actually getting as far as the internet is concerned. So I ran these test for my sister and she was only getting 384 download. Because ATT only promises “up to” 768 and I guess we can assume the “at least” is 384 because they were definitely giving her the bare minimum. But here’s the catch; she was PAYING for the 19.95 plan, which meant she was getting the 14.95 service. So I told her to call them and either take her down to the cheaper price or provide the speed of the service she was paying for. In part 2 of this piece I’ll talk about what to do when your service gets interrupted.
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