[Abby4116]

You have to stop and think about the fact when you pay $55 for Comcast Cable HSI, you are paying for the line and access. With Bell South DSL you are paying for the access. You pay for the line via your local phone bill. So you need to add your phone bill and DSL bill together to get the true cost.

Technically, you are right. However, assuming you are going to have a telephone line that you pay for anyway, you only have to add the DSL cost to your phone bill. My DSL is about $32 on top of my regular phone bill.

[neb52]

Yes if you are able to brow beat the telco(except for Qwest, which is the only telco to offer naked DSL) over the head to get a Basic $5-$10 phone line plus the DSL Lite $19.99 then you can get a cheaper service. But bang for buck you get a better deal from Comcast as far as bandwidth, only exception being the local phone service. Which can be remedied with a cheap VOIP service(Comcast's VOIP is not cheap).

Anyways whatever makes one happy. I have had cable Internet since AT&T bought out TCI and have been very happy. I would only consider changing if Verizon brought their FTTP service to my city. My brother got a phone call from Comcast on the same day he received an advertisement in the mail for Verizon FTTP. Comcast told him they were cutting $40 off his bill. So he now gets HSI and Digital Plus TV for $67 instead of $107. Lucky Bastard :P