Back with AT&T Naked DSL
I’m back online with naked DSL. It took AT&T a month to get me switched over, but at least I’m not paying for an unused land line anymore.
If anyone out there is thinking of making the switch, be aware that you will need to be available for a DSL tech to come on site to finish the installation. Apparently AT&T will disconnect your current phone service and put the new dry loop on a separate twisted pair that gets sent to your house, but is not actually hooked up to anything on the customer end. This information came directly from the tech that helped me. He said I was the 4th or 5th dry loop installation he fixed, and it was the same problem every time. The twisted pair with the DSL service is just hanging there inside the demarc. I had a friend switch to naked DSL a few weeks later, and she had the same problem, so watch out.