AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet Business Edition, BellSouth FastAccess Business DSL
AT&T is riding high as the largest DSL provider after swallowing up BellSouth in December 2006. Its business DSL services are priced aggressively, and business customers still represent fewer than 15% of its total DSL subscriber base. (11/1/2007)

Price: $495

Comcast Business Communications Workplace Business Broadband; Comcast Teleworker
Comcast is a leading U.S. broadband provider with over 12.88 million residential and business subscribers. But the company lacks a promising business strategy, as the majority of its resources are directed at consumer initiatives such as HDTV. (12/5/2007)

Price: $495

Covad TeleSpeed and TeleSOHO
Covad continues to be weakened by churning customers, losing over 31,000 DSL lines in 2007. But Covad is trying to compensate with its network, which covers over 50% of U.S. homes and businesses with broadband speeds up to 15 Mbps downstream. (5/7/2008)

Price: $495

Cox Business Services Business Broadband
Cox offers a wide selection of business broadband services to meet a variety of small business network needs, but the cable company still lacks a low-price, entry-level small business broadband offering. (12/5/2007)

Price: $495

Qwest Choice DSL and Pro DSL
Qwest has made great strides with its DSL service with 27.5% annual DSL growth from Q3 2006 to Q3 2007. But the incumbent phone provider still doesn’t offer true business class symmetrical DSL. (11/12/2007)

Price: $495

Verizon Business DSL
Verizon offers business DSL customers six levels of ADSL services with downstream speeds ranging from 768kbps to 7.1 Mbps. The carrier has recently added more small business bundle options including DIRECTV and Online Backup. (11/1/2007)

Price: $495

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• Buying Criteria
  • Bundle Options
    • DSL comes in ADSL, SDSL, IDSL, G.Lite, and other flavors. The practical features determined by these flavors include symmetry (whether the "upstream," or "send," speed equals the "downstream" speed), distance, and ease/expense of set-up.
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    • The industry has witnessed a rich, wide array of specials and offers for installation, equipment, and activation, which is a major issue, since start-up costs can run hundreds of dollars and have been a significant barrier to service installation.
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    • The available broadband downstream and upstream speeds.
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    • DSL pricing has gotten very competitive, and heavy competition among DSL providers and with providers of other broadband services (cable modem, satellite, and fixed wireless broadband) is making it even more competitive.

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    • Total Subscribers
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    • Synchronous Speeds
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    • Maximum Upstream Speed Offered
  • Service Speeds & Price
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    • Asynchronous Standard Speeds
    • Asynchronous Upper-Tier Speeds
    • Synchronous Standard Speeds
    • Synchronous Upper Tier Speeds
  • Additional Costs
    • Professional Installation Cost
    • Setup/Activation Cost
    • Equipment Cost
  • Additional Services/Features
    • WiFi Access
    • Dial-Up Internet Backup
    • E-mail Accounts
    • Static IP Addresses
    • TV Programming Options

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