Well it's verizon, not a choice here and maybe won't ever be. There was a 20 dollar and a 30 dollar a month package, I took the faster 30 dollar one, which is appr. 1mb to 3mb speed.

Okay, so I take it the router handles the actuall wifi signal. Here is a snippet from my purchase email:

ORDER SUMMARY
-- Number: xxxx
-- Service Ready Date*: 09-23-2008
-- Your Verizon High Speed Internet Plan**: Up to 3M Double Freedom Bundle
-- Shipping and Activation Fee: $14.99
-- Equipment Ordered:
Consumer Quick Start Poster-- $ 0
Consumer DSL CD-- $ 0
Consumer Welcome Letter*-- $ 0
$ 54.99 - Westell Gateway-- $ 54.99
DSL for Home Resource Guide-- $ 0
DSL for Home Terms of Service-- $ 0
DSL for Home Dual Filter Kit-- $ 0

So I'm guessing it's a westell brand? I didn't realize I could have bought it myself. I got a 1-year subscription/contract, and the first 6 months were free. Please comment if that's good/bad/average because broadband really is the last frontier for me in personal computing.