[wplug] switching from cable to DSL

[Mike Griffin]

I had Verizon, Stargate, DirectTV, and now I have Speakeasy DSL.
Stargate and DirectTV worked over Verizon phone lines and are capped at
768/128. I had the 1.5/384 package with all the ISPs listed above and
the highest download speed I had was 90k/sec. With Speakeasy my download
speed averages 160k/sec. Maybe it's the area I'm in, but either way it's
a great improvement compared to the other ISPs.

With DSL, you're not going to see anywhere near 230k/sec download
speeds.
Remember the speeds are measured in bits, so 1.5Mbits/8 = 187kbytes/sec
not including tcp overhead. Distance from the CO also effects your
speed.


Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wplug-admin at wplug.org [mailto:wplug-admin at wplug.org] On Behalf
Of
> Tom McCullough
> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 5:45 PM
> To: 'wplug at wplug.org'
> Subject: [wplug] switching from cable to DSL
> 
> I just got a letter that attbi (soon to be ComCast) is going to raise
> the internet rate for non-cable TV subscribers from $43/mo to
$58/mo.!!!
>  I am going to switch to verizon DSL for $35/mo.
> 1)  Does anyone have experience with this transition?
> 2)  What kind of download speed can I expect relative to Cable? ( I
have
> seen as high as 230k/sec or about and hour and 10 minutes for a
> reasonably full CD image download from a quiet site ).
> 3)  How painless is the conversion in RH 8.0 on the Desk Monster and
> 4)  Debian Woody on a Compaq Presario 1655 Laptop?
> Thanx in advance for any and all comments.
> Tom.........................
> 
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