OT: DSL Woes

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com>
Date: Fri Jul 20 18:17:13 2001

>On Thu, 19 Jul 2001 mjsnodgr_at_rockwellcollins.com wrote:
>>
>> I've had 256k DSL for about 9 months now
>
>Is 256 kbps common for DSL or cable?
>
>A network admin at the local cable company here (who handles my cable
>modem service) told me that their infrastructure can do 10 Mbps to each
>modem, but that the software in the modem was configured to limit that to
>2 Mbps. I don't know if the software limit story is true, but I can vouch
>for the 2 Mbps effective rate. I've had FTP transfers in excess of 200
>KBps before.

When the source can do it, I get 168k bytes per second with Roadrunner
cable modem (thats about 1.5 Mbps).

The real catch with DSL is that garden variety the downlink speed is very
good, and uplink may be only 7k bytyes per second, which isn't shiningly
better than 56k modems.
Received on Fri Jul 20 2001 - 18:17:13 BST