phatTweaker
join:2002-03-15
Redkey, IN | reply to Shack
Re: To DSL or Not To DSL?
Yea the 1 year contract worries me a bit, but they do give 30 days satisfaction guarentee..My luck all will go smooth for 30 days then turn to crap.
Has your father's speeds been consistent?
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CharlieMay
join:2002-04-11
Albany, IN
clubs:
| Phat,
I just signed up for SBC DSL here and even though I'm showing 1984/512 service my speeds are much better than my Insight. Of Course, I'm seeing the same insight problems your seeing with huge drops in speeds at night. I did get Verizon DSL installed at work and we were just within the area so we are only seeing 768K down. But I have to say that even at those speeds and using the westell router which is also wireless with 5 machines (1 wireless) It appears as smooth as any other broadband connection I've used. In real world tests at home (SBC) I'm seeing mid downloads of 200. With my 4000K Insight I'm lucky to see 90 during my normal time of use. |
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phatTweaker
join:2002-03-15
Redkey, IN
1 edit | Charlie, which model of Westell router do they provide?
I just checked my distance to CO from this site »routemap.esri.com/rmims/dsl_web/ and it shows "Carrier GTE NORTH INC. (RDKYINXARS0)Total: 655 ft"
Would this put me close to the 3000/768 caps for Verizon's DSL?
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CharlieMay
join:2002-04-11
Albany, IN
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| Sorry, had to wait til I got back to work. The Westell router is a model 327W. I would think that you would get really close to the caps at 655ft but I do remember reading posts on here somewhere of people living real close to the CO and getting low speeds. I guess there's really no way to tell until you hook it up and perform some real world tests. |
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Shack
join:2002-01-17
Bloomington, IN
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Has your father's speeds been consistent?
He has no complaints, he only had the 768/128 service last time I checked, but I think he has since upgraded to a faster package they now offer. He has been very happy with the service. YMMV since every area might well have different line quality, |
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phatTweaker
join:2002-03-15
Redkey, IN
| I took the plunge....I called Verizon this morning to place my order and also verify the 30 day no payment try before you buy offer. If it runs pretty close to caps consistently for those 30 days I'll sadly be saying goodbye to insight. I say sadly because they were the first high speed service to become available to my tiny lil town..but I'm tired of all the speed issues I've been having and nothing being done about it.
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