My area just came under the service umbrella for DSL. Finally! My little patch of silly con valley finally has broadband. (Wonder when I will get cell service?). Anyway, what is the recommended ISP? I looked at dslreports and Earthlink is the cheapest by far. I remember Tony loves Earthlink but I'm not exactly sure why. Also, I'm looking at DSL routers and in particular the SMC Barricade has my eye. Is there anything recommended in this hardware category that I don't know about? The barricade seems to have everything, multiple ports, printer server, serial port with dialup support, 10/100, wireless, etc.

Calvin