Grommer
join:2003-01-28
Ogden, UT
1 edit | Only 8500 feet eh?
ONLY 8500 ft eh?? geez, I should get two lines for that!
You have to admit it's very reasonably priced. |
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gatorkram
Spelling and Grammer impared
Premium
join:2002-07-22
Winterville, NC
clubs: | Is it just me..
Or is 608kbps a really weird upstream speed? |
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bky
moof moof
Premium
join:2002-07-05
Austin, TX
| Uh huh..
If you ask me they need to start working on making DSL around the 3mbps mark travel further distances rather than jacking up the speed only so you have to be close to the CO
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DSLarggggg
What Da?
join:2002-02-06
San Jose, CA | reply to gatorkram
Re: Is it just me..
It's not weird. Because of PPPoE + other protocols overhead, the users would get around 84% (range 0-87%) of the cap. 608 *.842 = 512kbps.
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DSLarggggg
What Da?
join:2002-02-06
San Jose, CA
1 edit | reply to bky
Re: Uh huh..
most users (80+%) are connected through RT, 7500ft radius which is good enough for the 6mb. Beside it's advertised as 1.5-6. You dont get 6mb unless you're within 5Kft. |
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Boogeyman
Drive it like you stole it
Premium
join:2002-12-17
Huntsville, AL
| reply to bky
Many people are within 8500ft of the CO and would love to see speeds like that. I'm within about 5000ft of my CO, and if Bellsouth decided to offer speeds like that, I'd be all over it like rich nympho at a whorehouse.
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DSLarggggg
What Da?
join:2002-02-06
San Jose, CA
| reply to Grommer
Re: Only 8500 feet eh?
Correction, max distance is 7500 not 8500, guideline by SBC service provide, DSLextreme is a reseller of SBC.
Take from SBC FAQs:
SBC Yahoo DSL Expert Plus 1.5-6/384 max distance 7500 ft.
Although most people that claimed to have high througput 5.2/520 (~87% cap) are generally below 5K.
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JE
Can I Taste It? Mmmm
Premium
join:2000-12-15
Brooklyn, NY
1 edit |  Bastards ONLY serve CA!
DAMN that's a good deal, but they only give it to the people they consider to be better in CA.
It's an outrage! If you NON CA residents want that deal, you'd better start making some noise. Now is the time!
Call up your TELCO, or whomever you gotta call to make noise.
Oh well, I may have to start making some noise after 2004, because I already have OOL for $50 a month and you know there is no service better than OOL speeds at our price.
The rates will go up in 2005, and I want the DSLExtreme option available whether or not I stay with OOL.
JE
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mlohrwork
join:2001-05-30
Laurel, MD | Are you listening Covad and Speakeasy??
Hope this is a trend of what is to come. I am close enough except for being on the other side of the United States. |
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ronpin
Imagine Reality
join:2002-12-06
Nirvana
1 edit | reply to DSLarggggg
Yeah I pay $100 for SBC 6mbs
I'm not say'n it's not worth it -- but SBC's $100 deal is hardly a residential price-point. The $60 'Extreme deal is what I used to pay Charter for 1.5/.384 mbs. SBC could own the entire broadband market with a 6mbs/$60 deal. |
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felixml
join:2003-02-19
Sherman Oaks, CA | No luck
damn, I do not qualify |
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somebodeez
Premium,MVM
join:2001-09-24
here
 ·Verizon FIOS
 ·Comcast
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Re: Are you listening Covad and Speakeasy??
said by mlohrwork  :
Hope this is a trend of what is to come. I am close enough except for being on the other side of the United States.
Same here  |
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DSLarggggg
What Da?
join:2002-02-06
San Jose, CA | reply to ronpin
Re: Yeah I pay $100 for SBC 6mbs
unlikely, Cable still has the market on their side. Beside Cable currently can provide 10Mb throughput while ADSL can only do 8.
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aSic
application specific
Premium
join:2001-05-17
Wakulla, FL
clubs:
| reply to DSLarggggg
Re: Uh huh..
Same deal for me. 4150ft from my wirecenter (RT). Sprint/Centel has no plans to offer DSL at that wirecenter till 2008, and even then its iffy. Ironically, this wirecenter hosts more subscribers than another wirecenter further out the road that is already dsl ready. Private sector providers suck donkey balls. I wish Florida jumped on the bandwagon like Utah's UTOPIA project. Instead we make constitutional amendments for a high speed intrastate rail system. :\
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Sisqo
World Champs. Babe Who?
Premium
join:2002-08-14
Methuen, MA
| reply to Boogeyman
Awwww i'm just wishing thinking... What I would do to get those speeds. Someday here in Massachusetts, someday.... 
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JIGA
Its A Bird, Its A Plane, Its..
Premium
join:2002-02-02
Azle, TX
clubs: | Reach out further....
DSL needs to be expanded to reach out further, we need a new technology of digital lines.
As of right now I am in range for DSL but my local telco is not setup for DSL. |
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CPM
join:2001-08-24
Miami, FL | reply to felixml
Re: No luck
I would qualify if they had it in New York City I am 2500ft from my CO. |
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jhboricua
ExMod 2000-01
join:2000-06-06
Minneapolis, MN
clubs: | reply to DSLarggggg
Re: Yeah I pay $100 for SBC 6mbs
Yeah, but what good is it when they have their phantom 'caps' going on? |
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patrickh99
join:2002-08-30
Lake In The Hills, IL
|  10M up and down 65$
 I really hate to brag, but I get 10 Meg up and down for only 65$/mo. wireless residential service from DLS.net. I typically see 70-90% of the advertised speed. Now I can download all the Micro$oft patches in seconds. |
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ronpin
Imagine Reality
join:2002-12-06
Nirvana | reply to DSLarggggg
Re: Yeah I pay $100 for SBC 6mbs
OK ... add-in a SBC 3/.384 mbs tier for $45 ... now what does cable have that SBC doesn't? (cable's max speed notwithstanding) |
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