[Coco] OT Nightmare of DSL

[Simon Jonassen]

Steve...

Usually not a problem... About 1 mile from the "box"....

But further out there is a cable problem.... (somone stuck a digger in the
fat old cable)...... So they are in the process of repairing it.... Much to
my dismay...

/Simon :-)
 

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Sendt: 24. januar 2014 21:10
Til: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Emne: [Coco] OT Nightmare of DSL

Simmon,

With DSL, distance from the central equipment is the key getting good
bandwidth.  If you are 3 or miles from it, then this would explain the poor
quality of service.  I my part of Los Angles, we have a very old phone
network with very long runs to the central equipment.  About 25% of the
homes can not be wired for DLS because the lines are too long.  
For those people, cable internet is there only option.

In your case, I'm sure you put DSL filters on all the phone devices (but the
modem).  But if you are on the outer limits of DSL range, that would 
explain low bandwidth and dropping of the service.   Try talk with your 
DSL company again.  If they can not fix the problem, they should let you out
of their service contract.  After all, they are not holding up there end of
the service contact.

For me, I lucky that I have three Internet services where I live. DSL, Cable
and FIOS.  I'm with FIOS and get 50 mbs up/down with a ping so low that it
does not even show up on the standard test. (Ping is 0 ms.) That's only
second level of the service with other options of 100 mbs or more.  I get
great skype group (HD) video calls when I'm the center of the hub.

The only service that would be better is Google's at 1 gbs. (That's 1,000
mbs)  But have to live in one the smaller cites that has their service.

Steve

On 1/24/2014 10:41 AM, Simon Jonassen wrote:
> If my posts are sporadic, it's because I have a very flaky DSL line at 
> the moment.... It stays online for 1..2 mins before trying to
reconnect....


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