DSL is stupid

To all those fools of you out there that say "CABLE INTERNET IS EVIL! DIE DIE DIE!!!" That Charter is evil, or Insightbb is the devil, read this.

Once I called my local phone company to see if they were offering ADSL in my area.

Me: "I am calling to see if ADSL is available in my area."
Customer Service: "56k? Yeah, we offer 56k."
Me: "No, no. ADSL."
Customer Service: "Oh, no, we quit offering 28.8k a long time ago."
Me: "No, I'm talking about ADSL."
Customer Service: "What city do you live in?"
Me: "Dalton."
Customer Service: "No, we quit offering 28.8k a long time ago."

Do you really want service from a provider that can't even answer a simple question like that? At least with Cable internet, you know it's on the cable line, and most issues stem from PC related problems, or signal issues, and CABLE isn't FCC regulated on it's internet, so no, nothing we can do about getting someone out to you sooner than 2 days from now.