My choice: stay with what works

lakmiseiru

If you don't really need the space, better to stay with a trustworthy provider.

jesse

The little guy is much less likely to screw you. And really, 8MB just isn't bad ;)

jtu

You'll be sad when they start blocking random ports and there's no small provider to go back to.

jmorzins

I don't like being the first sucker to test new technology.

kevinr

Dude, you've got a /29...

nelhage

Do you need

kyrandil

nerd-friendly outweighs bandwidth, in my experience. But, where are you? I can't get that where I am.

tibbetts

Nerd friendly is key. The big bandwidth is probably a lie.

dobedobedoh

Stay with what works. Your nerd-friendly DSL proiders will soon upgrade their DSLAMs I'm sure... perhaps you'll leap frog 24M ;)

geoff

It is inevitably going to take a certain amount of time to switch, get everything working, and deal with the inevitable issues that arise. Spend this time with your significant other instead.

djdrue

unless your streaming video or audio out... stick with the guy you know.. big providers will screw you at the drop of a hat... just cause it looks tempting now doesn't mean you might hate it later.

transistorman

try to strike a deal with small dsl provider; see if they'll come up with a compromise package.

ghstomahawks

Err, it's probably just the way you wrote it up, but does your current provider do 8MB and the telco do Mb? I'd take 8 megabytes over 24 megabits pretty easily. Still, probably just an inconsequential wording of the question ...

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