Tired of Dial-Up

Not me so much as my son. He wants to pay games on line with friends and
need a faster connection.

Is DSL suitable, and if so how do I get it? MCI doesn't offer it, Sprint
says that they have wireless intenet connections, but they seem to think
that the Web is the internet (at least the salesperson did). I'm annoyed
by trying to call and find out who offers it, and the costs.

Can someone give me some (preliminary?) information on a good way to
increase speed from dial-up?

By the way, whatever happened to long distance companies asking me if I
wanted to switch? And paying me to do so?

-- 
charles