[Leaplist] WWA DSL speed limits.

[Hank Lambert]

What about bright house? I know a lot of people do not like them, but my
service is the best I have ever had. I live about 3 miles from the church
and I am getting 6 Mbs - 7 Mbs downloads from unthrottled servers. My last
Debian Etch iso download was done in 14 minutes last week. I do not have a
single client that has Internet access speeds that can come close to what I
am experiencing. Just a thought.

Hank Lambert
KB4MTO
Certified Geek

-----Original Message-----
From: leaplist-bounces at leap-cf.org [mailto:leaplist-bounces at leap-cf.org] On
Behalf Of Fred Moore
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 9:59 PM
To: This is the Leap Main List
Subject: Re: [Leaplist] WWA DSL speed limits.

patrick wrote:
> Today, I worked on trying to speed up the DSL at the WWA.
>
> I reviewed the Business Account contract (Embarq). It is in the second
> year, and is for the DSL phone line, the business phone line, and
> "Embarq Yellow Pages" ads.
>
> I called Customer Service.  I asked if there is a way to obtain a bit
> faster service on the DSL line.  Better modem?  We have a Sprint SP645R
> DSL modem.
>
> They offer a 512kb/s, a 1mb/s and a 1.5mbs speed connection for the same
> $39,95.  In Las Vegas, they offer 10mb/s. They explained to me, and said
> they did the readings as we spoke.
>
> The reason for the speed variance is the wires in the underground, most
> of which are decades old.  WWA must have lines pushing half a century or
> more...
>
> Technicians scope out the 'last mile' from the Central Office, to the
> customer location.
>
> The cables serving WWA is scored in those tests at 100, on a scale of
> 300.  So, all that will work, they stated today, is the 512kb/s.
>
> I would call around and get info on Sprint, or other DSL services,
> except that the current contract might have penalty clauses.
>
> Also, various telecommunications companies simply use the cables already
> serving and area, with permission of the owner utility on reciprocity
> agreements, so we would tend to be in the exact same pickle with any
> provider of DSL.  The 'last Mile' of wires is the crux of the matter.
>
> So, swapping DSL carriers could be premature at this time.  Any other
> suggestions?
>
> Now, at most, during peak hours, there are only 21 classroom and
> administration computers on the network, and most are not downloading at
> the same time, so the Internet seemed perky.  Ping tests to google have
> latency of 124ms average, with a high of 134ms (on an XP Homely system).
>
> That isn't too awful bad. But, when we go and hold an Install Fest, and
> 20 folks try to grab updates or ISOs, it bogs down...
>
>
>
>
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We looked into changing about 6 months ago.  The largest problem is the
distance they will have to dig to get service to the building.  The
church has a requirement of everything being underground.. They would
not do that without a business contract with the cable company at 100+
bucks per month.. as I remember it.. perhaps others can add to the
remembrance.. Fred

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"Everyone has a right to his own opinion, but not his own facts"
Fred/WD8KNI

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