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Posted: 4/7/2006 2:53:15 PM EDT
AT&T upgraded my DSL from "Express" to "Pro" this week. Whoah. What a difference, all at $6 less per month!
I went from downloading videos at 160KB/sec to 400KB/sec! 
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Posted: 4/7/2006 3:07:07 PM EDT
[#1]
I thought you were talking about a diffrent kind of DSL, and was waiting for some BOTD pics
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Posted: 4/7/2006 3:08:54 PM EDT
[#2]
Yawn. My cable connection is 2x faster than that. |
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Posted: 4/7/2006 3:09:47 PM EDT
[#3]
My cable can reach 7mbps down from a fast server, according to numerous speed tests.
Pwnt. |
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Posted: 4/7/2006 3:10:11 PM EDT
[#4]
Damn Small Linux?
-Foxxz |
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Posted: 4/7/2006 3:13:48 PM EDT
[#5]
O RLY?
 Well MY 26 gig of throughput transfers 10972464597x faster! 
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Posted: 4/7/2006 3:15:38 PM EDT
[#6]
But what are you paying? Hmmmm? |
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Posted: 4/7/2006 3:15:55 PM EDT
[#7]
DSL can reach well over 8 meg downstream if it’s opened up all the way. Most companies throttle it back at the DSLAM though.
DSL starts losing part of the signal due to attenuation at something like 9,000 feet and it’s top downstream speed starts dropping fast. |
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Posted: 4/7/2006 3:18:04 PM EDT
[#8]
I am about 1.75 miles from the station. |
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Posted: 4/7/2006 3:22:00 PM EDT
[#9]
Probably 9-10K feet. You might loose the top band but you should be able to get virtually all of the signal. |
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Posted: 4/7/2006 3:26:20 PM EDT
[#10]
Did the AT&T upgrade this week as well - doubled my DL speed for $10 LESS per month.
At least they're trying not to suck...I have to give them that. |
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Posted: 4/7/2006 3:26:29 PM EDT
[#11]
BTW, I'm paying $19.99 per month. That rocks. When I signed up for express DSL two years ago, I paid $35.99 per month.
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Posted: 4/7/2006 3:28:12 PM EDT
[#12]
Yup. I had to ask the guy on the phone two or three times: You want me to pay six dollars less per month in return for two and a half times the speed? |
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Posted: 4/7/2006 3:28:28 PM EDT
[#13]
I hate a loost top band! |
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Posted: 4/7/2006 3:30:51 PM EDT
[#14]
I have no idea what you guys are talking about. |
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Posted: 4/7/2006 3:50:20 PM EDT
[#15]
YEAH, ME TOO W-G.
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Posted: 4/7/2006 3:53:45 PM EDT
[#16]
Clueless in Atl.
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Posted: 4/7/2006 4:11:44 PM EDT
[#17]
What's "top band?"
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Posted: 4/7/2006 4:13:29 PM EDT
[#18]
I dont know either I was just being a dick. |
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Posted: 4/7/2006 4:14:57 PM EDT
[#19]
you're such a looser! |
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Posted: 4/7/2006 4:15:55 PM EDT
[#20]
How "loose" is he? |
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Posted: 4/7/2006 4:16:05 PM EDT
[#21]
We upgraded our DSL from 1.5Mbps to the 3.0Mbps service. We are getting it for $18.95 I believe. On speed tests that works out to actuall speeds of around 2.4Mbps on downstream, and I'm happy with that.
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Posted: 4/7/2006 4:19:56 PM EDT
[#22]
What I get with att. however Roadrunner has the 8 meg download but its like 70 a month. Im paying around 20 a month for what i have now. ROadrunner is way faster though |
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Posted: 4/7/2006 4:22:18 PM EDT
[#23]
He's soooooo loose that he.... careful, and episode of 'match game' might break out and we'd be stuck in a time warp. |
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Posted: 4/7/2006 4:27:18 PM EDT
[#24]
My awesome dialup is blasting me at 45.2 KBPS right now.
 And this is a GOOD day.  GR |
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Posted: 4/8/2006 12:15:18 PM EDT
[#25]
After my wireless DSL antenna was moved to the other side of the house I'm back to slower than dial-up.
 This is miserable!
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Posted: 4/8/2006 12:16:14 PM EDT
[#26]
dick sucking lips?
like Monica Bellucci vs. Angelina Jolie? |
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Posted: 4/8/2006 12:17:53 PM EDT
[#27]
the max you will get on a 3mb connection is 384KB
congrats Wobblin-Goblin  im stuck under 1mb. and probably won't get above that
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Posted: 4/8/2006 12:20:49 PM EDT
[#28]
What's funny is sometime earlier this morning I was downloading a video and it started d/ling at 1,020KB/sec!!!
That lasted for about two seconds and then steadily declined over the next minute all the way down to about 400. |
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Posted: 4/8/2006 12:49:04 PM EDT
[#29]
Legacy DSL will do 9.1meg down DSL 2 will do 12meg down DSL 2+ will do 24meg down (it works, I've tested it  ) |
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Posted: 4/8/2006 12:55:32 PM EDT
[#30]
Have 2 connections.. cheapo DSL plan 768x128 that
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Posted: 4/8/2006 1:00:45 PM EDT
[#31]
How about upgrading your equipment (super G)? |
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Posted: 4/8/2006 1:05:36 PM EDT
[#32]
Super G???? Like this 
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Posted: 4/8/2006 1:19:02 PM EDT
[#33]
Amatuer.
 Fiber optic internet rocks!  |
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Posted: 4/8/2006 1:19:52 PM EDT
[#34]
I could tell the difference from my business calls 1.5-6 meg and my econo class 300(somehting). Am upgrading on the 11th back to a home priced near buisness class (and cutting my bill from $35 to $20) will see if it is noticably faster. Use it mostly for telecommuting - I have a T1 with almost no useage on the other end - so should be a good bandwith testing system.
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Posted: 4/8/2006 1:32:48 PM EDT
[#35]
Yea it does 
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Posted: 4/8/2006 3:05:15 PM EDT
[#36]
Super G? I'll have to tell my $150 an hour computer guy about that. Between him and the home theater people they act like my problem is unique in all the world!
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Posted: 4/8/2006 6:36:38 PM EDT
[#37]
Not sure where i got the super G from, maybe a certain brand had that on the box, but here's what i meant. Belkin Pre-N router Linksys SRX D-Link N Or you could just get one of these Linksys range expander |
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Posted: 4/8/2006 6:44:09 PM EDT
[#38]
I could only wish my connection at home could compare with my work connection.
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Posted: 4/8/2006 6:50:04 PM EDT
[#39]
Wireless DSL?!? |
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Posted: 4/8/2006 6:54:07 PM EDT
[#40]
Wireless DSL? WTF does that mean? That's what I'm paying for.
Don't tell me I've got to open a can of whoop ass on Gary Betty!!! |
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Posted: 4/8/2006 7:00:53 PM EDT
[#41]
I'm a DSL fan, I have it at home. I don't have it here at my house at school, I'm on cable now. DSL and Cable are both good... it depends how much you're downloading, if you're downloading a lot, you might be better with cable. If you're downloading a little, but you're surfing a lot, and want more up-time, I prefer DSL.
I feel DSL is more reliable overall. In Ohio, about five years ago, everyone I knew got Cable, I got DSL. Their cable KICKED MY DSL's ASS until... the cable company loaded up their node with a shitload of users... then their reliability went to hell along with their bandwidth. While their bandwidth got crappier, our DSL company (Alltel) raised our bandwidth three or four times before we moved to Michigan, without raising our rates at all (I think they lowered them). We started off with 512mbits/second and ended up with 1.5mbits/second. Remember, bits/second are generally used to measure bandwidth and are approximately 1/10th as much as a byte/second... it's about 10 bits per byte. It's all about talking to people who have cable, and talking to people who had DSL. I believe in DSL. |
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Posted: 4/8/2006 7:09:21 PM EDT
[#42]
fwiw, 1 byte = 8 bits. |
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Posted: 4/8/2006 7:21:47 PM EDT
[#43]
+1 on the DSL, I really do prefer it.. But due to some issues with verizon, I went to 8megx512 cable.. It is usually quite fast.. When I do notice a slow down, it is not my node that is saturated, it is the providors backbone getting saturated. (trace is great till it hits their AT&T backbone) But if verizon would actually pay attention when I called with a problem, I would still be happy with my 3x768 connection. |
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