NicNitro
join:2004-01-13
Portland, ME | reply to PhoenixDown
Re: Poor Babies
I live in portland and rr.
when it is 8pm at night, good luck...it will be around dsl or less quality.
day time it blazes because every residential user is at work. GWI is a nice maine company. Time Warner is being a bully. |
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crackbarrel
join:2004-08-18
Gorham, ME | reply to dks7
Re: TWC response to GWI lies
»www.aroundmaine.com/04/082004/default.asp |
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ramien
@sacoriver.net
| reply to BIGMIKE
Re: Technical limitations to qualifying for DSL
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First: DSL services can only run over straight copper phone lines with no digital conversions.
This means that an office location using a PBX phone system wouldn't qualify for DSL. A PBX system is digital, and thus prevents the DSL conversion from happening.
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Another big culprit is older phone wiring (either in the home or somewhere between the home and Qwest's central office). The older wiring causes increased signal loss and could disqualify a line that is within the distance limit otherwise.
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The line will qualify if a PBX is used, you just can't use DSL through a PBX system. A POTS splitter will solve this issue. You install the splitter before the PBX system and it is bypassed.
Internal wiring issues is the same thing. You install a POTS splitter bypassing all internal wiring.
GWI offers free service calls to install these devices. Now thats customer service. |
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BizFinancing
Premium
join:2003-01-10
Port Orchard, WA
| reply to BIGMIKE
Yes, Qwest is very famous for using SLC's to increase the capacity of "voice" services to an area with out having to add additional copper trunks which does pose a problem for DSL availability.
Fortunately, Qwest has been adding RT's to many areas that are serviced by SLC's to bypass this problem as well as the distance limitations. |
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3SGTE
ST215W
Premium,MVM
join:2000-11-23
there
clubs:
| reply to ruscorp
Re: Poor Babies
Yes.
I cannot speak to the exact technical reason, but it was explained in detail by a network admin in the Cogeco forum a while back.
(I couldn't find the link)
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Hot_Rats
He's Not Tor Johnson
join:2003-07-08
Indianapolis, IN
clubs:
| reply to wentlanc
said by wentlanc  :
You could find that 2 of your 3 megs on your cable provider is unusable becaus of all of the broadcast, multicast, and normal unicast traffic.
You could, but so far, I'm finding that I can maintain a steady 2.7-2.9 Mb down, at virtually any time of day/night/week, just like two years ago when it was 2 Mb down and I could maintain 1.7-1.9 Mb consistently.
I had DSL; 768/128. It was OK, and I did get the advertised speed (heck, I'm within 2000 feet IIRC) but after dealing with Ameritech through lie after lie after billing f*ckup after billing f*ckup, well, let's just say we parted ways and I'm far happier with my provider these days. The only way I'd go back to DSL is for a business account, because RR's business class stuff is a ripoff.
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tiger72
SexaT duorP
Premium
join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
clubs:
 ·T-Mobile US
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to gondola_fry
said by gondola_fry :
Yes, 2.5 miles you can still get 3/768. Have you ever used this kind of service (Lucent Stinger DSLAMs)? Do you know anything about it? Again, I reiterate that cable has had too big of an influence on the perception of DSL. Yes, cable (depending on the provider) is really good, but so is this, and it costs less. May want to do a little research before you just dismiss the possibility based on your media-influenced opinions.
Yes i've had DSL. Been rated at 3mbps, but couldn't top 1.2mbps. Good ol DSL. It's good that you can get 3/768 at 2.5 miles. Most cant. Until it's the norm and not the exception, i'll repeat: 2.5 miles my ass. OTOH, i don't think the consumer should have to be concerned if Lucent Stinger DSLAMs are used, or whatever else. It shouldn't be the consomers duty to go find out what DSLAMs are used, what modems are used, what kind of quality telephone wire was used, the wire-distance from the CO, etc... Provide what you advertise, or GTFOtheway. You may want to get your head out of your ass and stop ASSuming you know what i have/haven't done. |
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ruscorp
I Never Stop Posting For You
Premium
join:2002-08-29
Earth
clubs: 
| reply to 3SGTE
said by 3SGTE :
Those are ARP requests.
Perfectly normal, and harmless.
All the time and never happening with DSL? Are you sure? |
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3SGTE
ST215W
Premium,MVM
join:2000-11-23
there
clubs:
| reply to rolande
Yes, that is the technical way of looking at things.
I look at the speed test archive here at dslr:
»/archive
Judge for yourself.
Theory vs execution!
(As was said earlier, either DSL or Cable can be done well, or done poorly.)
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rolande
Certifiable
Premium,Mod
join:2002-05-24
Powell, OH
clubs:
Host:
Linksys
AT&T Midwest
| reply to ruscorp
said by ruscorp :
It's all shared at some point.
That IS the general idea of how networks operate. But, for those of you who are protocol challenged, a protocol like CMTS that is shared at layer 2 without any deterministic qualities like a TDM network makes a whole connection act like garbage when enough other stations on the segment are busy. Most DSL providers on the other hand are typically using ATM at layer 2 with either PPPoA or PPPoE for the client connectivity. This provides a whole different class of connection quality that is scalable and fully manageable by the providers. Cable providers don't have that flexibility on their networks and have little ability to control the congestion in their networks at the edge except to enforce harsh ToS agreements to limit upstream traffic. DSL's downfall is usually the physical limitations of the wire to the customer's premises. Luckily for the cable companies this is something they don't have to worry about. Everyone can connect just the same. They just have to try and control upstream bandwidth usage without a technical way to do it with the access protocol to avoid upstream congestion within their nodes.
Shared interfaces at aggregation points like 100Meg or Gig or OC-3, OC-12, OC-48 etc. are a complete world apart from the shared technology behind the DOCSIS standard. You are trying to compare shared service within an access technology versus shared service within a core network technology. So you can't even begin to compare these apples and oranges. Obviously speed of those technologies is a factor. But, aside from the speeds, the methods of traffic queueing that can occur on those types of interfaces, depending on the layer 2 protocol, is like comparing a Ferrari to a Pinto. When you aggregate thousands of broadband connections into upstream network connections that are shared in this manner, that is whole different kind of shared connection than cable uses.
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3SGTE
ST215W
Premium,MVM
join:2000-11-23
there
clubs: | reply to ruscorp
Those are ARP requests.
Perfectly normal, and harmless.
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ruscorp
I Never Stop Posting For You
Premium
join:2002-08-29
Earth
clubs:
| reply to Freezone
said by Freezone :
Yes, but I am annoyed by all the traffic on my cable con when my dsl is silent. When the lights flash on my dsl modem chances are i know what is going on. My cable modem is constantly going.
I've had both cable and dsl as well. I've always wondered why that was. |
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Freezone
join:2000-09-29
Southfield, MI | reply to ruscorp
Yes, but I am annoyed by all the traffic on my cable con when my dsl is silent. When the lights flash on my dsl modem chances are i know what is going on. My cable modem is constantly going. |
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Freezone
join:2000-09-29
Southfield, MI
| reply to Skippy25
I have both dsl and cable and I can honestly say"THEY BOTH SUCK" There 
Oh and my dsl (I have 2) are 6.0 down and my cable is 3.3 down (On a good day).
But then if it rains too hard my dsl like to go down. So I chose to keep 3 providers and two technologies. This way I do not lose money when one hits the crapper. And even a T1 can not provide this type of internet uptime, becuase you only get 1 back bone where I have access to 3. |
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MrBentor
join:2003-02-18
Seattle, WA
·Comcast
| reply to BIGMIKE
Re: Technical limitations to qualifying for DSL
I am a just shy of 19,000 feet from my CO. I did have regular DSL at 1500/128 but it kept dropping and stuff. It worked about 85% of the time. (Covad told the DSL reseller they thought I was 13,000 ft from the CO so they gave me service thinking it would be ok.) Well, after I started to have irregular problems I had them check i8t out and they "remeasured" and found I was way past 15,000 feet. How they got me on and stable was they raised my upstream to 400k and lowered my downstream to ~800k and locked the line in “Safe Mode.” Worked fine ever since, Only at to reboot the modem twice in the last 10 months or so. But I probably can never get those super speed lines – like 3m or 8m. Oh – well. |
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Skippy25
join:2000-09-13
Hazelwood, MO
| reply to koveman
Re: Poor Babies
100's of thousands of people can come here and make a stupid broad statement as you have for either service.
I have had DSL for a few years now and love it. I support people using both cable and DSL neither having any more or less issues then the other. When asked about broadband options I simply state you probably wont go wrong with either one so get the one that is cheaper and provides what you need. HOWEVER, DSL is generally cheaper for comparible speed.
Basically this will come down to the market and the company. Some markets will have great DSL and crap cable, where as others it may be the opposite way, and the remaining will have equal services where it won't matter which one you get. |
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koveman
join:2002-01-23
Phoenix, AZ
| reply to gondola_fry
I've used dsl. I've been a subscriber and I've done tech support for other subscribers.
dsl SUCKS!
Could be bad service by the bells, but I've witnessed poor performance in at least three markets. My opinion is definitely "media-influenced" as in if your transmission media is a copper phone line and it's not a T1, then it sucks.
dsl makes me want to puke. |
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gondola_fry
join:2004-06-29
Portland, ME
| reply to tiger72
Yes, 2.5 miles you can still get 3/768. Have you ever used this kind of service (Lucent Stinger DSLAMs)? Do you know anything about it? Again, I reiterate that cable has had too big of an influence on the perception of DSL. Yes, cable (depending on the provider) is really good, but so is this, and it costs less. May want to do a little research before you just dismiss the possibility based on your media-influenced opinions. |
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BonezX
Basement Dweller
Premium
join:2004-04-13
Canada | reply to ruscorp
well what's 4500 of 5000, that's over 40% |
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tiger72
SexaT duorP
Premium
join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
clubs: | reply to k_mumm
...if you live next door. 2.5 miles my ass. |
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