# Earthlink - yes or no?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthlink-yes-or-no/77866>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 24, 2001, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthlink-yes-or-no/77866 "2001-08-24T06:33:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2001, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthlink-yes-or-no/77866/21 "2001-08-25T03:30:43Z")

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Earthlink’s response:

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> We do not monitor or give out information without a federal court order. That is the only condition we can give up customer information.

Which is pretty much what I was expecting.

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**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2001, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthlink-yes-or-no/77866/22 "2001-08-25T05:39:32Z")

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> \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \*  
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> > So in addition to the extra monthly expense for cable TV (we wouldn’t subscribe otherwise, having only one 13" TV in the whole house), we’d have to pay for installation of wiring as well as the standard installation charges. Hardly seems worth it.
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> You don’t have to subscribe for the TV service. You can just stick with the Cable Broadband and leave it at that. \*\*

Actually, **mblackwell** may have a valid concern. Living in a high rise condominium, we had to wait for the building to be wired for _digital_ cable for Road Runner to become available. If you have the old school analog stuff, you may or may not be able to get cable internet right off the bat.

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**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2001, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthlink-yes-or-no/77866/23 "2001-08-25T05:52:33Z")

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I have used Earthlink for a couple of years now and it works fine for me. I never install any ISPs software though. I just ask for the info to configure the DUN and do it manually. The part about them giving out my info to scientologists sounds like BS to me. I have never had a problem

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**Author:** ![Galan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@Galan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galan)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2001, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthlink-yes-or-no/77866/24 "2001-08-25T06:01:13Z")

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I’ve had Earthlink for several years, and have been largely satisfied. Making the switch from dialup to DSL was long and painful, but eventually worth the wait. The following link has plenty of stories on DSL in general and Earthlink in specific:  
[http://www.dslreports.com](http://www.dslreports.com)

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