Ok.
Thanks for all the replies, esp Rubberduck. I live in an apartment in roseville. After reading this, I tried the following:
I called Surewest (roseville telephone) and they told me that unless I had an ACTIVE phone line I would not be able to get DSL.
After that I called the company that I was told would originally set up the DSL for the apartment complex, Quiknet. They tried to set me up and came out to hook it up, but it didn't work either because A. I'm too far from switch or B. The guy nextdoor has DSL and it messes up my tone. Basically, it didn't work. The install guy told me that Surewest would probably work.
Then I called AT&T and asked about cable. Sounded awesome, but then they told me they don't offer it in my area. When I asked the rep for her personal opinion on when it would become available, she said probably never because there is already DSL in the area and the ISP companies don't like to compete against each other (read: they don't like to be competitive).
So I'm SOL unless I decide to get a phone line (which may not work even then because of my neighbor) or AT&T decides to put in cable internet in my area (highly unlikely).
This sort of thing makes you want to move.
