dboutin
join:2001-02-12
Gilberts, IL
|  reply to tommm70
Re: How long does it take DLS.net to contact you?
I've been up and running with DLS for about 3 weeks now, and the service has been up with consistently high speeds every time I've used it. Ping times are excellent as well. It took them a few weeks to come out to do the pretest. They told me that they are quite busy now processing these types of requests. I would continue to follow up with them to ensure they will process your request. I used to have IDSL...the DLS experience has been far better than what it took for me to get IDSL. (3 attempts with 3 different ISPs) |
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tommm70
join:2002-06-03
Lake In The Hills, IL
| Thanks for the response, I finally had my pretest done. It took about 3 weeks. I am good to go and am getting the service next week. I have another question.
When you say consistently high speeds, what are they? Also, what ping times do you average? I am pretty excited at this point. Also, I read that sometimes cordless phones interfere with the signal, have you noticed this? |
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dboutin
join:2001-02-12
Gilberts, IL
| Speed rates have varied from 350K to 690K
I'm not so sure about ping times, but they're less than 100ms. I believe they're 60-80ms for the game server I use.
I have not noticed the cordless phone interference. I'll have to check that out. |
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AntoineWG
join:2002-07-25
Mchenry, IL
| I just had my wireless connection installed a few days ago. It did take them about 3 weeks to do the pretest, and they were booked for about 2 weeks doing installs at that point. Now I get connection speeds between 260 and 700 kbps, with 350 being the norm. Even if it isn't the maximum of 1 mbps, it's still better than my previous dialup speed of 24 kbps, and that was on a good day. The ping times are phenomenal. I usually get 60-80 ms pings on most game servers.
Over all, I'd give DLS' service a 9 out of 10. The installers definitely knew what they were doing, and did everything they could to make it go as smoothly as possible and answer any questions I had. The only complaints I have are the slow response time for their pretest and installation, which is understandable, but they could have sent e-mail updates, and the first bill I received was not itemized and caught me off guard when it included both the installation and first month of service. All in all, the wait is most certainly worth it. |
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