I don't know about Mindspring but I'm an example of someono who got
DSL after US West (before the merger) said they couldn't do it.

Check out http://www.dslreports.com/.

-- Rod

On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, Jason wrote:
> "Joseph T. Tannenbaum" wrote:
> > 
> > So the real question:  If all you have is bad phone lines and a line of
> > sight
> > to south mountain, is Sprint broadband worth it???
> > I am switching within 3 mo if it is.
> 
> Im slowly getting the impression most people in the valley dont get
> 52,000bps that stays put for 12hours (at which point it times out)
> almost every time when they attempt a 56K modem connection. Am I just
> extremely lucky with the phonelines in this respect? Ironically,
> apparently I cant get DSL from Mindspring or QWorst with these same
> lines...