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Kimmyob
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Sat Oct 08, 2005 6:58 am Post subject:
When DSL Connections are first hooked up |
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Hi I just hooked up DSL COnnection, Im Ran a couple speed tests and the
speeds are medicaore. They told me to keep my modem on for 10 Days
Stright. IS this when the conenction speed will be faster.
I did the test at the following site:
http://bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/
It came up with 29K/Second Downloads...Thats all.. Im just wondering
if this going to get faster after the 10 Days are up or not? |
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Cyrus Afzali
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Sat Oct 08, 2005 8:21 am Post subject:
Re: When DSL Connections are first hooked up |
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On 7 Oct 2005 18:58:21 -0700, "Kimmyob" <kimmyob@hotmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Hi I just hooked up DSL COnnection, Im Ran a couple speed tests and the
speeds are medicaore. They told me to keep my modem on for 10 Days
Stright. IS this when the conenction speed will be faster.
I did the test at the following site:
http://bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/
It came up with 29K/Second Downloads...Thats all.. Im just wondering
if this going to get faster after the 10 Days are up or not?
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It sounds like you're making the classic case of confusing a kilobit
with a kilobyte. How much are you paying for? If you're getting a
reading of say 29K, that would indicate something on the neighborhood
of a 384K DSL package, give or take. In other words, it's not bad at
all.
What you're seeming to think is that it's about equivalent to a modem;
even a 56K modem at best gets only about 7K/sec. |
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blitz
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Sat Oct 08, 2005 8:21 am Post subject:
Re: When DSL Connections are first hooked up |
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Kimmyob writes:
| Quote: | Hi I just hooked up DSL COnnection, Im Ran a couple speed tests and the
speeds are medicaore. They told me to keep my modem on for 10 Days
Stright. IS this when the conenction speed will be faster.
I did the test at the following site:
http://bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/
It came up with 29K/Second Downloads...Thats all.. Im just wondering
if this going to get faster after the 10 Days are up or not?
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What is the speed of your connection? 70-80% of that (upstream or
downstream) is probably the best you'll get. |
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David Efflandt
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Sat Oct 08, 2005 3:42 pm Post subject:
Re: When DSL Connections are first hooked up |
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On 8 Oct 2005 05:23:30 -0700, Kimmyob <kimmyob@hotmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | The Speed on My Connectioni s 1.5 MEG from SBC Yahoo DSL
When i had cable to i was getting 4 Times This, I switched becaues the
cable kept Going in and out, but this is just not good at all.
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It may depend upon how far you are from CO (central office) or RT (remote
terminal). Leave your modem on (does not matter if PC is on) for 10 days
and see if it improves.
That is still faster and cheaper (if you got $14.95 rate) than most dialup
services, and includes dialup if the DSL ever goes down or you travel (you
are allowed 1 DSL and 1 dialup at same time).
If your speed does not improve in 10 days, register on
http://www.broadbandreports.com/ alias http://www.dslreports.com/
They have forums for various SBC regions, or someone on SBC Direct forum
could check your line (provide requested info including phone number that
your DSL is on). Posts on "SBC Direct" are only viewable by yourself or
SBC techs. Anyone can view their other SBC forums. |
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Rick Wintjen
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Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:20 pm Post subject:
Re: When DSL Connections are first hooked up |
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Kimmyob wrote:
| Quote: | The Speed on My Connectioni s 1.5 MEG from SBC Yahoo DSL
When i had cable to i was getting 4 Times This, I switched becaues the
cable kept Going in and out, but this is just not good at all.
Is that 'up to 1.5M' (typical DSL connection), or 1.5 and up (premium |
package)?
Speeds generally increase as the modem 'learns' the connection during
the first ten days; actual speed depends on various effects, many due to
the distance, by wire, to the central office. That's why DSL is usually
marketed as 'up to 1.5', with a minimum speed of 384. The premioum
services are limited to those within a distance that allows for higher
speeds. |
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Kimmyob
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Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:20 pm Post subject:
Re: When DSL Connections are first hooked up |
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The Speed on My Connectioni s 1.5 MEG from SBC Yahoo DSL
When i had cable to i was getting 4 Times This, I switched becaues the
cable kept Going in and out, but this is just not good at all. |
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John S.
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Fri Oct 14, 2005 4:20 pm Post subject:
Re: When DSL Connections are first hooked up |
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"Kimmyob" <kimmyob@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1128736701.789924.258590@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | Hi I just hooked up DSL COnnection, Im Ran a couple speed tests and the
speeds are medicaore. They told me to keep my modem on for 10 Days
Stright. IS this when the conenction speed will be faster.
I did the test at the following site:
http://bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/
It came up with 29K/Second Downloads...Thats all.. Im just wondering
if this going to get faster after the 10 Days are up or not?
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29K is slower than Dial-Up.
The same site tells me 2.6MB. My router says I am connected at 3.25MB. |
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David Schwartz
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Sat Oct 15, 2005 1:01 am Post subject:
Re: When DSL Connections are first hooked up |
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"John S." <john@mocha-n-micro-chips.com> wrote in message
news:IoO3f.14732$q1.13475@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
| Quote: | "Kimmyob" <kimmyob@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1128736701.789924.258590@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Hi I just hooked up DSL COnnection, Im Ran a couple speed tests and the
speeds are medicaore. They told me to keep my modem on for 10 Days
Stright. IS this when the conenction speed will be faster.
I did the test at the following site:
http://bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/
It came up with 29K/Second Downloads...Thats all.. Im just wondering
if this going to get faster after the 10 Days are up or not?
29K is slower than Dial-Up.
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What? 29KB/s is *much* faster than dialup. Perhaps you are confusing
KB/s with Kb/s? (bits versus bytes)
DS |
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Ken Abrams
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Sat Oct 15, 2005 3:23 am Post subject:
Re: When DSL Connections are first hooked up |
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"David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> wrote
| Quote: | What? 29KB/s is *much* faster than dialup. Perhaps you are confusing
KB/s with Kb/s? (bits versus bytes)
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I guess it IS hard to keep them straight, isn't it, Dave? ;-)
KB/s vs Kb/s (Bytes vs bits), eh? |
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