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with dsl you need to be within about 8000 feet from a central office.
if ur neigbors have it, they are probably barely within that radius.
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I wouldn't buy it either. I was in the same boat as you until about eight months ago. I live in a remote area far away from the central office. At that time DSL was not an option and neither was cable. We went with Hughesnet a rather expensive way to go, but it was the only way we could get internet. There are bandwith restrictions on satelite and we lost out connection when it stormed. It was not quite as fast as DSL or cable.
I repeatedly contacted Verizon about the possibility of DSL and they insisted that it was not possible because of the old phone lines in my neighborhood.
A resourceful neighbor got a petition together of all the houses in our area. Several months later Verizon made DSL available in our neighborhood. While DSL is a distance based service, they are able to set up remote stations that act as a central office. Simply put, it is probably not cost effective for them to supply your house with DSL because there are not enough houses around you, but it is possible.