DSL is here - YEA!

[WM75Guy]

CenturyLink put in fiber to our area back in December. I could get the 4 meg download speed based on distance. Noticed in January that it was running slow, tested at 0.5 meg. Called repair, the girl told me the Texas hubs were overloaded because of all the expansion. She stated that they had just received a notice the problem would be fixed by May 1, 2011 at 7 p.m. Since then I have had a few instances of slow speed but have 3-4 megs most of the time.

 

[dmccarty]

CenturyLink put in fiber to our area back in December. I could get the 4 meg download speed based on distance. Noticed in January that it was running slow, tested at 0.5 meg. Called repair, the girl told me the Texas hubs were overloaded because of all the expansion. She stated that they had just received a notice the problem would be fixed by May 1, 2011 at 7 p.m. Since then I have had a few instances of slow speed but have 3-4 megs most of the time.

FIBER! THAT I would like to have.

Maybe one day.

In the meantime I will just be thankful we have DSL. :laughing:

Later,
Dan

 

[Bird]

Being a technology challenged individual (does that sound better than "computer dummy"?), I wonder what equipment, wiring, or telephone lines are necessary for different DSL speeds. The CenturyLink guy who was here yesterday mentioned that 15M DSL isn't far off. And I had thought fiber optic lines were necessary for 10M DSL service, but I don't think we have fiber optic in this neighborhood. I'm sorry I didn't ask the guy yesterday about that. In this neighborhood, the electric line are overhead, but the phone lines are underground and I don't think anything has been changed in the five and a half years we've been here.

 

[k0ua]

Being a technology challenged individual (does that sound better than "computer dummy"?), I wonder what equipment, wiring, or telephone lines are necessary for different DSL speeds. The CenturyLink guy who was here yesterday mentioned that 15M DSL isn't far off. And I had thought fiber optic lines were necessary for 10M DSL service, but I don't think we have fiber optic in this neighborhood. I'm sorry I didn't ask the guy yesterday about that. In this neighborhood, the electric line are overhead, but the phone lines are underground and I don't think anything has been changed in the five and a half years we've been here.

Bird advances have been made in the last few years in getting faster speeds over copper pairs. with advancemts in ADSL and VDSL technologies. But generally the further you are from the DSLAM (Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer) the slower the data rate will be. Nowadays DSLAMS are often put in neighborhoods, and they may be fiber fed. The DSLAM is the multiplexer device that multiplexes or puts 2 things on one copper pair (dialtone, and digital data). Fiber to the home is done in some neighborhoods, but it is expensive to retrofit, and this is more often done in new housing subdivisions. But with the advancements in copper technologies , faster and faster speeds have been achieved with copper. We commonly run up to 40 MBS symetrical (same speed both ways) over copper now, but this can take up to 8 copper pairs to do this. This is not a DSL technology, but is our EOC or ethernet over copper offering. With fiber of course Gigabit speeds are common, and we offer that in many locations. There is a lot more to know about backhauls etc. but there you go.

James K0UA

 

[Financegal]

Yep, it's great to finally have something faster after years of the slowest dialup ever! No cable service or DSL available here but a new tower has been installed so our area can now get 3G. Verizon had a $1 introductory offer a few months back for their Fivespot Wifi. I was given a one month trial period to check it out. Just know that like all phone/data options there are other costs. It was $35 to activate and if in the one month I was not happy, I could turn the device back in but would have to pay for the data I used during that time. Required two year contract.

Different data plans cost different amounts and I have the 3G worth of data, for about $35 but as with all telecomm stuff, tax is added on. If I go over the data amount used I think it's an additional $10 per each 1G over. It's a pretty good option for here and I liked that it was just walking out of the Verizon store, coming home and turning it on without the need to wire or any other modification to the house.

 

[dcyrilc]

I have long been accustomed to my Internet service being slow this time of evening presumably because of so many people on the Internet, but wow, it ain't slow tonight.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/1230367899.png

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Sorry Bird, I couldn't resist.:ashamed:

 

[k0ua]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1231234321.png


Sorry Bird, I couldn't resist.:ashamed:

Alright!.. mines faster than yours?.. you could do some hosting with that 3M up. how much do you have to shell out every month for that to the cable company?

James K0UA

 

[EarPlug]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1231234321.png


Sorry Bird, I couldn't resist.:ashamed:

Not one to brag either

Jack

 

[dcyrilc]

Alright!.. mines faster than yours?.. you could do some hosting with that 3M up. how much do you have to shell out every month for that to the cable company?

James K0UA

It costs me $50/month. The worst part is that I didn't ask for anything super fast, I was just trying to find the cheapest internet available locally without using dialup.:confused2::confused2::confused2:

 

[dcyrilc]

Not one to brag either

Jack

Now that's cooking.:laughing: