Spire Technologies

Finding DSL service in Portland was a bit tougher than I thought, having paid $ 25 for AT&T service in San Francisco, plus a $ 12 local phone line. I didn’t want cable because I don’t have a TV or want anything «bundled». I called Clear, but I didn’t want to pay $ 30 a month for a two-​year contract (with an early departure penalty) or pay several hundred dollars up front for connection fees. I just wanted to pay a simple monthly fee for service.
I ended up with a choice of Qwest or Spire. I went with Spire because they’re local and I figured service would be significantly better than Qwest. So far, that’s true. It took a week to hook up my service, due to a connection problem with Qwest (I have to pay Qwest $ 30 a month for the line, anyhow) and I pay Spire $ 12.95 to be my ISP. Download speed is not as fast as it could be, but so far service has been dependable and gimmick-​free.