Eric Miller signed up for MCI's local telephone service last summer after a telemarketer convinced him it was cheaper than SBC Communications. But in September, the Daly City resident got a shock: He ...

The company will be the first Baby Bell to voluntarily offer its high-speed Internet service to customers regardless of whether they purchase Qwest's voice services. Marguerite Reardon started as a ...

Covad Communications Vice President Jason Oxman has lost count of all the times the Santa Clara DSL provider has been given up for dead. Two years ago, the high-speed Internet company was nearly KO'd ...

SBC Communications on Thursday announced it has cut the price of its fastest SBC Yahoo DSL plan. SBC Yahoo DSL Pro will cost $29.99 a month for customers who subscribe to it for one year along with ...

Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. Verizon ...

Marilyn Hildebrandt of Modesto, Calif., was a customer of big local phone company SBC Communications Inc. for both local service and a high-speed Internet connection known as DSL. But she got an ugly ...

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Yuichiro Russell depends on his Cox@Home high-speed Internet service to transmit big computer files between his home in Hampton and his company’s offices in Herndon and California. A cutoff of that ...

Please explain to me the pluses of using a T-1 vs DSL. Please explain to me the pluses of using a T-1 vs DSL. — Gregory LaPaugh. A T-1 is considered more of a business-grade Internet connection – a ...

As a greater number of Americans buy into high-speed Internet connections at home, causing an explosion in the broadband marketplace, DSL is finally catching up with cable. According to the latest ...

Verizon Communications said Monday that some customers who already subscribe to its phone and high-speed Internet service can drop their local calling plans but still keep their speedy Web connection.

Qwest Communications customers will no longer be forced to buy local phone service when they sign up for DSL, the company said on Wednesday. Starting Feb. 28, customers throughout Qwest's mountain and ...