Connectivity Blues III

It's depressing. The more Mark [1] and I look into DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) and/or ISDB (Integrated Services Digital Network) providers, the worse it looks. I started looking for companies that service the 954 [2] and 561 [3] area codes, but most of them seem to be large companies with entrenched bureaucracies that charge exhorbatent fees [4] for anything out of the ordinary, or virtual ISPs which don't exactly exist anywhere but are run by a guy out of a closet in Saranac, Michigan.

I did find one company that seemed promising, Flips.Net, [5] out of West Palm Beach, Florida. I called, but had to leave a voice mail message. I even filled out the web form for DSL and have yet to hear back from them.

[1] http://www.conman.org/people/myg/

[2] http://www.thelist.com/areacode/954/

[3] http://www.thelist.com/areacode/561/

[4] /boston/2000/08/21.2

[5] http://www.flips.net/

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