I cant get high speed internet!!!?

Question

ok i live in the country but its not like i live in hickville!!!!! i have earthlink dial up and i have a bellsouth phone number if i can get phone why cant i get the internet??????

Answer 1

You are probably too far from the Central Office. It doesn't take much. You can usually only get DSL if you are within 5 miles of an office or proper equipment in the field.

If you have cable, then you ought to give them a call.

Answer 2

DSL is available only if you are close enough to the phone company's DSLAM.  There are distance limits.  If you are too far from the DSLAM, you are just not able to get DSL.  

I presume you are not served by a Cable TV provider either.  They often offer a good service but they have to serve you.

You may be forced to a satellite internet provider.  These are faster than dial up but are not as dependable as is a wired link; they also have periodic outages (weather related).

Answer 3

look under www.5linx.net/lab under products and services,  internet ~put in your phone number or zip code and all the internet service providers will come up that are available in your area... good luck!

Answer 4

dsl sucks compared to cable, so if cable modem is available get that..

if dsl is not available in your area, either you are served by a fiber optic line at the main pole, or you too far, or they didnt think that the investment was worth it, you are never going to get DSL, at least not from the telephone company, you can check with covad, but they charge much more $ and normally deal in business accounts.

the reason you will never get dsl if it is not available now is because all the investment capital is going into fios....

aside from satellite which is the slowest of all broadband, you can try an ev-do cellular broadband internet connection from sprint or verizon wireless, or an edge broadband cellular internet connection from att or tmobile...

Answer 5

did you try to get DSL from earthling.net???