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Mon Dec 27, 2004 3:01 pm Post subject:
Any improvements with DSL within the last three years? |
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Hello, is it me or has DSL not been better in being available to more
places? The last I checked was when GTE was still around. I checked
to see if I can get DSL because of my cable modem service issues. DSL is
still unavailable due to great distance 18K feet (was 19.5K feet three
years ago).
I thought by now, DSL service would be better. IDSL and satellite Internet
services are still expensive as always.
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Mon Dec 27, 2004 11:38 pm Post subject:
Re: Any improvements with DSL within the last three years? |
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Unless they built a CO closer to you than the one you used 3 years ago or
equipped the old CO with dslams, the service is not going to be more
available now than 3 years back. However, there has been quite an
improvement in speed/money ratio for those lucky to be close enough to get
the service. Basically, you are getting 1.5Mb/s for the same money that
bought you 128Kb/s or 256KB/s three years ago (downstream speeds).
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ANTant@zimage.com wrote:
| Quote: | Hello, is it me or has DSL not been better in being available to more
places? The last I checked was when GTE was still around. I checked
to see if I can get DSL because of my cable modem service issues. DSL
is
still unavailable due to great distance 18K feet (was 19.5K feet three
years ago).
I thought by now, DSL service would be better. IDSL and satellite
Internet
services are still expensive as always.
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Wed Jan 05, 2005 3:08 am Post subject:
Re: Any improvements with DSL within the last three years? |
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Dmitri(Cabling-Design.com) <info_at_cabling-design_dot_com@foo.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Unless they built a CO closer to you than the one you used 3 years ago or
equipped the old CO with dslams, the service is not going to be more
available now than 3 years back. However, there has been quite an
improvement in speed/money ratio for those lucky to be close enough to get
the service. Basically, you are getting 1.5Mb/s for the same money that
bought you 128Kb/s or 256KB/s three years ago (downstream speeds).
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Dang it. I thought DSL technology would had been improved by now. What
about this fiber thing I keep hearing about?
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