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Gojira

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"normal DSL = not very fast?" , posted Thu 5 Feb 16:11

I got DSL finally yesterday, but it's a lot slower than I expected. Sure, I expected it to be low quality given the corners phone companies cut to offer a decent price, but it seems like it won't go any faster than 10-15Kps. Is this normal?

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Juke Joint Jezebel

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"Re(1):normal DSL = not very fast?" , posted Thu 5 Feb 16:14

my guys told me it'd take a few days for it to get to "top speed". not sure if they told you to do this, but i was advised to leave the modem on (whether or not the computer was on) for the next ten days so they can do tests for your speed. my max is 30 kbps download and 20 kbps upload

just see how it does in a few days. hope that helps

deoch

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Copper Customer

"Re(1):normal DSL = not very fast?" , posted Thu 5 Feb 19:37

There are different types of DSL. iDSL in particular is the slowest...

You should also look at your agreement with the ISP to see what speeds they are supposed to be giving you.

ninjabastard

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"Re(1):normal DSL = not very fast?" , posted Thu 5 Feb 22:54

quote:
I got DSL finally yesterday, but it's a lot slower than I expected. Sure, I expected it to be low quality given the corners phone companies cut to offer a decent price, but it seems like it won't go any faster than 10-15Kps. Is this normal?

Go cable. That shit is fast. Uploads are kind of crappy. It only gets 10-15k up. But like 2.0-2.5 mega bits down.

Professor

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MMCafe Owner

"Re(1):normal DSL = not very fast?" , posted Fri 6 Feb 00:58:

quote:
I got DSL finally yesterday, but it's a lot slower than I expected. Sure, I expected it to be low quality given the corners phone companies cut to offer a decent price, but it seems like it won't go any faster than 10-15Kps. Is this normal?

It depends on your DSL plan, but 10-15k sounds slow.

If things don't change for you although you have a broadband plan, you may want to try tuning your OS settings. Speedguide.net has an analyzer and tweeking tools available in their site. I used it to get top speed for my DSL.

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[this message was edited by Professor on Fri 6 Feb 01:04]

Time Mage

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"Re(2):normal DSL = not very fast?" , posted Fri 6 Feb 01:09:

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Go cable. That shit is fast. Uploads are kind of crappy. It only gets 10-15k up. But like 2.0-2.5 mega bits down.

Well, it also depends. I have cable, but only a 128 KBits/s connection, so my download rate is only about 15 KBytes/s, and upload around 5-8 KBytes/s.

EDIT: Not 128MBits/s, but 128KBits/s

[this message was edited by Time Mage on Fri 6 Feb 14:08]

DarkZero

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Red Carpet Regular Member

"Re(3):normal DSL = not very fast?" , posted Fri 6 Feb 10:59

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Go cable. That shit is fast. Uploads are kind of crappy. It only gets 10-15k up. But like 2.0-2.5 mega bits down.

Well, it also depends. I have cable, but only a 128 MBits/s connection, so my download rate is only about 15 KBytes/s, and upload around 5-8 KBytes/s.

Broadband right now is just absolutely insane. Depending on where you live, your bandwidth could max out just about anywhere. I, for instance, seem to have lucked out, because I've seen my cable modem max out at about 200kbps down and 50kbps up -- simultaneously. In the next town over, however, I was stuck with much slower speeds, and obviously some of the people in this thread are worse off either in download or upload speeds.

If your DSL connection is still that bad in a few days, then talk to the company and maybe have them come look at your wiring/modem/NIC card/whatever else, and if it still doesn't work after that, look for a different broadband provider.

DarkZero

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Red Carpet Regular Member

"Re(3):normal DSL = not very fast?" , posted Fri 6 Feb 10:59

quote:

Go cable. That shit is fast. Uploads are kind of crappy. It only gets 10-15k up. But like 2.0-2.5 mega bits down.

Well, it also depends. I have cable, but only a 128 MBits/s connection, so my download rate is only about 15 KBytes/s, and upload around 5-8 KBytes/s.

Puar

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"Re(1):normal DSL = not very fast?" , posted Fri 6 Feb 19:51

Depends on the area and kind of service that's available. I'm in Tucson, Arizona and I had MSN DSL for awhile and it maxed out at 20K/s UL AND DL COMBINED. Now I have Cox Cable and it blazes by at about 300K/s DL, 30K/s UL on average. I've capped it at 600K/s DL though. The case is opposite for some friends in Oregon. Cable is shit where they live and they get the speeds I get with DSL in their area.

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Gojira

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Red Carpet Executive Member

"Re(2):normal DSL = not very fast?" , posted Fri 6 Feb 22:15

My connection's doing better now. Upload I'm not sure about, but DL's working smooth at about 60Kps as long as the DL server supports the bandwidth, so I guess it was just an adjustment period or something.

As for DSL vs. cable, I'm no expert but when researching what kind of connection to get I heard that DSL speed wasn't reduced so much by the number of users in a region (unlike cable) as by the distance to the provider. That's why I decided to get DSL instead of cable, since I'm in Seattle and the ratio of internet connections to people here is like 2:1. I imagine cable is better in Arizona because it's sparsely populated. But maybe I'm just misinformed...

Gen

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"Re(1):normal DSL = not very fast?" , posted Fri 6 Feb 23:48

quote:
I got DSL finally yesterday, but it's a lot slower than I expected. Sure, I expected it to be low quality given the corners phone companies cut to offer a decent price, but it seems like it won't go any faster than 10-15Kps. Is this normal?

If you're payin for DSL ya should probably expect it to be significantly faster than 56k modem.

Puar

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Red Carpet Regular Member

"Re(3):normal DSL = not very fast?" , posted Sat 7 Feb 16:43

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I imagine cable is better in Arizona because it's sparsely populated. But maybe I'm just misinformed...

Depends on where you live... Tucson and Phoenix are heavily congested. Most other places are podunk in comparison.

"You should get to know me better

no one's every what they seem..."