# YEEHAW!!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 5, 2000, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeehaw/21499 "2000-06-05T23:18:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeehaw/21499/1 "2000-06-05T23:18:27Z")
OK - DSL Installation is complete - I am now doping on a big, fat, DSL pipe! **The Saga:** I searched online for information about DSL in my area and discovered that SWBell was the answer. I checked their website and discovered that I was not eligible for DSL. I proceeded to do that every week for 6 weeks until the day arrived that I was! Things went smoothly for a while - they took my information over the web, then called me to verify a few days later. Then I got both email and snail mail announcing that my install date was set as June 1st. 10 days before the day, a package arrived containing a DSL Modem and other stuff. I looked at it, played with it, dreamt of it. Then I got the email. Some uy (named Shayne) from SWBell’s office in Texas tells me that, no, sorry, we can’t really give you DSL. Have a nice day. I wrote back asking why and he never answered. The very next day was May 31st, the day before install. So, I called the 800 number (waited on hold, a recurring theme) and they sais everything was fine. Screw Shayne. The techs came out and hooked everything up. Great! Except that it didn’t work. ☹ So I called complained, bitched, called back, re-opened trouble tickets, listened to contradictions, yelled at people, sat on hold, waited some more… all told, in the last three days I clocked over 7 hours on hold. But today is the payoff. The goddam thing works! Look… it’s a hassle, but pages load bitchin fast… 'nuff said. This is how god intended the web to work. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeehaw/21499/2 "2000-06-05T23:20:48Z")
So it’s about time for that motherboard to explode, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Bullroar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Bullroar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullroar)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeehaw/21499/3 "2000-06-06T03:23:37Z")
So what does it cost? Do you still pay an ISP? I can’t figure if anything _won’t_ work that I currently have. Found anything like that in the fine print? ---
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeehaw/21499/4 "2000-06-06T19:15:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > So what does it cost? Do you still pay an ISP? > \*\* It costs $50/month. That sounds like a lot until you realize that SWBell was charging me $30/month for my second line (which I have no need for now) and I was paying my dial-up ISP $20/month. So, now, for the same 50 bucks, I have faster, better access. SWBell is now my ISP. (Actually SBIS - SWBell Internet Services.) > [@](#): > > \*\* > I can’t figure if anything _won’t_ work that I currently have. Found anything like that in the fine print? > \*\* ???😕???