aimless
Member
+166|6397|Texas
I currently have Time Warner Cable in my apartment. They advertise 7 Mbps down and 512kpbs up. In reality, I get about 6.5 down and 450 kpbs up - I am perfectly fine with that. What I am not fine with is the service. I constantly lose packets to servers and get an average ping of 200 to a ventrilo server based in dallas (where I live). On the good days, I get about 9 ping. I have been on and off the phone with customer service for the past 5 month trying to get them to fix this problem. They send a few people over, who do absolutely nothing but a ping test. I have about had it.

ATT offers DSL in my apartment too. They have a plan thats 6mpbs down, and 768 kpbs up. In theory, the connection is about as fast, if not faster than my current setup. But with dsl, will I notice a difference?
steelie34
pub hero!
+603|6653|the land of bourbon
dsl is not shared, but cable you have to share with all the neighbors connected to that router.  dsl is the way to go imo, even though it's more expensive, you get dedicated bandwidth.

Last edited by steelie34 (2008-03-28 11:29:08)

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Tehremos
Parcel of ol' Crams
+128|6680|Somersetshire
6.5 -8mps dsl, £20 a month
aimless
Member
+166|6397|Texas
Well in this case, DSL would be cheaper.
Agent_Dung_Bomb
Member
+302|7008|Salt Lake City

steelie34 wrote:

dsl is not shared, but cable you have to share with all the neighbors connected to that router.  dsl is the way to go imo, even though it's more expensive, you get dedicated bandwidth.
But don't forget, DSL loses speed and gains latency as your distance from the CO increases.
steelie34
pub hero!
+603|6653|the land of bourbon

Agent_Dung_Bomb wrote:

steelie34 wrote:

dsl is not shared, but cable you have to share with all the neighbors connected to that router.  dsl is the way to go imo, even though it's more expensive, you get dedicated bandwidth.
But don't forget, DSL loses speed and gains latency as your distance from the CO increases.
yeah, verify with the provider how far away you are from the dslam, but if you are within 1000 feet it should be ok.
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Tehremos
Parcel of ol' Crams
+128|6680|Somersetshire

steelie34 wrote:

Agent_Dung_Bomb wrote:

steelie34 wrote:

dsl is not shared, but cable you have to share with all the neighbors connected to that router.  dsl is the way to go imo, even though it's more expensive, you get dedicated bandwidth.
But don't forget, DSL loses speed and gains latency as your distance from the CO increases.
yeah, verify with the provider how far away you are from the dslam, but if you are within 1000 feet it should be ok.
yea, i checked that before hand, but 1000 feet? how fars that, mine must be around 2, maybe 3k away, maybe slightly more
aimless
Member
+166|6397|Texas
I looked here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSLAM

Does the Speed versus distance chart what we're talking about?

-16 Mbit/s at 7,000 feet (~2.1 km)
-1.5 Mbit/s at 15,000 feet (4.5 km)
-800 kbit/s at 17,000 feet (~5.2 km)
Agent_Dung_Bomb
Member
+302|7008|Salt Lake City

aimless wrote:

I looked here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSLAM

Does the Speed versus distance chart what we're talking about?

-16 Mbit/s at 7,000 feet (~2.1 km)
-1.5 Mbit/s at 15,000 feet (4.5 km)
-800 kbit/s at 17,000 feet (~5.2 km)
Yup, that would be it.  I don't know for sure how accurate that is, but that sounds about right.
Tehremos
Parcel of ol' Crams
+128|6680|Somersetshire

aimless wrote:

I looked here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSLAM

Does the Speed versus distance chart what we're talking about?

-16 Mbit/s at 7,000 feet (~2.1 km)
-1.5 Mbit/s at 15,000 feet (4.5 km)
-800 kbit/s at 17,000 feet (~5.2 km)
that would be about right
steelie34
pub hero!
+603|6653|the land of bourbon

aimless wrote:

I looked here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSLAM

Does the Speed versus distance chart what we're talking about?

-16 Mbit/s at 7,000 feet (~2.1 km)
-1.5 Mbit/s at 15,000 feet (4.5 km)
-800 kbit/s at 17,000 feet (~5.2 km)
yes, how populated of an area do you live in?  in my case, i live in an apartment in a high-density urban and business area, so there are dslams literally within 1000 to 2000 feet of each other.  if you live in a more rural area, there is probably a lot fewer, but you shouldn't be too far away...
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