Or you have a politician, state or local PUC member, or high profile reporter living in your neighborhood. When the CATV company announces internet service for your address, it also does wonders for DSL availability.
Barry
Correct. My line speed back to the DSLAM is about 7, so on the DS3 I don't get every bit of the ADSL line.
However, some of the tests are done with higher level optical upstreams. To be perfectly honest, I can't tell the differece between the different upstream connections, unless we're doing scripted tests.
Barry
Welcome to MY world then! ;O)
Take Care, Gnube {too thick for linux}
OK, but considering Earthlink to be "normal" type DSL with the features you mentioned above would be like saying that AOL is "Real Internet"! What you are describing is an implementation problem with Earthlinks method of DSL. A little research will show that this approach is NOT how DSL is handled by the better providers. The problems you describe are Earthlink, not DSL in general. On a national (USA anyway) scale, DSL is much more stable than Cable. With any real DSL connection, you should have to use no software to make connection. Any other used should be of the antivirus/firewall variety, if any. And once again, ADSL is the most widely known type, but in many ways, has the most limitations. Look for other forms and you will find better quality, longer distances, better providers, and much better service.
Digger
We don't do feet over here anymore, so the impact of what you're telling me got a tad lost by now.
I'm guessing they're about the same lengths by now? Not sure if "repeaters" get involved at all here. Probably not if it cost anything at all knowing how tight BT (unchecked UK monopoly telco) are! Tight is fine, (I guess) but when mixed with stoopid and arrogant as they do it, then the result for the consumer is just horrendous!
Take Care, Gnube {too thick for linux}
It's amazing how that works! Sorta like when your cable gets slow and you call...you get the run around, but get ALL of your neighborhood to call a few times, and suddenly the pipe gets bigger!
Digger
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Digger spaketh...
Not necessarily, I have lived in several states and one thing is consistant, I've always had more phone problems than cable problems. Earthlink buys the service from Bellsouth or Time Warner and resells it, even still, that is no excuse for their poor customer service. Mindspring was the best ISP out of many that I've tried, but the day they merged with Earthlink everything went to hell in handbasket.
Well, I guess we're way off-topic, back to makin' shavin's!
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