eduncan911 Posted August 25, 2005 CID Share Posted August 25, 2005 There's a post or two in the BellSouth forum here about when ADSL2+ comes out next year (binded lines/pairs). I have a friend that works for BellSouth and he's the one who first told me (I'm a little behind the times). That would be awesome... Makes me think about getting a home phoneline again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MYRIAGON Posted August 25, 2005 CID Share Posted August 25, 2005 We have a local Co. here and they are advertising on TV that they offer 20Mbps DSL, I thought OK I'll bite, when I inquired about it I told him I was about 18,000' away from the CO. and would I still get that speed, after himming and hawing he said well more like 3 to 5 Mbps. CLICK! that's what I thought.......lol Below is an illustration, if you are not camped out on their doorstep it sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VznPro Posted August 25, 2005 CID Share Posted August 25, 2005 10 meg at 13k feet is hardly sucking for DSL. Thats at least 4x what we're capable of doing with DSL today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptors892004 Posted August 25, 2005 CID Share Posted August 25, 2005 Damn.. And I thought cable was good.. Might think another time before switching ISP's next time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MYRIAGON Posted August 25, 2005 CID Share Posted August 25, 2005 10 meg at 13k feet is hardly sucking for DSL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eduncan911 Posted August 25, 2005 Author CID Share Posted August 25, 2005 The downside to cable though is a shared bandwidth. I got my scores late at night like around midnight. Right now I'm lucky to get above 4Mbps since I near a large business community (lots of buildings). Bottomline for me is whoever will offer the fastest upload is who I'm going to go to cause I work out of my house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VznPro Posted August 25, 2005 CID Share Posted August 25, 2005 Yes unfortuantely for ADSL2, the upload limit still isnt going to be much more than 1-1.5 mb/s which sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netmasta Posted August 25, 2005 CID Share Posted August 25, 2005 The downside to cable though is a shared bandwidth. I got my scores late at night like around midnight. Right now I'm lucky to get above 4Mbps since I near a large business community (lots of buildings). Bottomline for me is whoever will offer the fastest upload is who I'm going to go to cause I work out of my house. DSL is shared too. It's just that on cable you're connected through a node (neighborhood) vs. DSL were you are shared from the CO on. They're just shared at different locations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptors892004 Posted August 26, 2005 CID Share Posted August 26, 2005 "(Digital Subscriber Line) - a [glow=red,2,300]high-speed dedicated digital circuit[/glow] from a given location to the telephone company's central office, using normal copper telephone lines." DSL is always the guaranteed (advertised) speed.. Cable is shared and speeds vary depending on number of users online.. DSL is not like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netmasta Posted August 26, 2005 CID Share Posted August 26, 2005 DSL is always the guaranteed (advertised) speed.. Cable is shared and speeds vary depending on number of users online.. DSL is not like that DSL is not always guaranteed. Just because you have a "dedicated" line to the CO office, within xx thousand feet mind you, it does not guarantee that you will always get your advertised speeds. Quote from Verizon's web site: "Actual throughput speed will vary. Speed and uninterrupted use of the service are not guaranteed" Also from Verizon's own site, the same reliability as Comcast: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptors892004 Posted August 26, 2005 CID Share Posted August 26, 2005 DSL is not always guaranteed. Just because you have a "dedicated" line to the CO office, within xx thousand feet mind you, it does not guarantee that you will always get your advertised speeds. Quote from Verizon's web site: "Actual throughput speed will vary. Speed and uninterrupted use of the service are not guaranteed" Also from Verizon's own site, the same reliability as Comcast: You're right.. I always assumed it was the same speed cuz I was in the city and probably close to where their CO office is.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netmasta Posted August 26, 2005 CID Share Posted August 26, 2005 You're right.. I always assumed it was the same speed cuz I was in the city and probably close to where their CO office is.. That makes sense. They probably have more co offices, the bigger the city is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just- Posted August 27, 2005 CID Share Posted August 27, 2005 UPload sucks quiet alot in DSL2+ i had a diff idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REV0LUTI0NIZED Posted August 27, 2005 CID Share Posted August 27, 2005 I don't get the point for this topic, Cable is to offer 100Mbps next year probably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netmasta Posted August 27, 2005 CID Share Posted August 27, 2005 I don't get the point for this topic, Cable is to offer 100Mbps next year probably. It's always "next year probably". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptors892004 Posted August 27, 2005 CID Share Posted August 27, 2005 I don't get the point for this topic, Cable is to offer 100Mbps next year probably. For what price? Cuz if its more than 150$, noone is gonna buy it.. Well, someone's gonna buy it for personal use but I won't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REV0LUTI0NIZED Posted August 27, 2005 CID Share Posted August 27, 2005 It's always "next year probably". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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