Well,
I’ve been getting 192kbps both ways over a DSL connection for about 2 years now. Even with that bandwidth, this site gets about 25,000 hits a month.
But, I wanted more…
I called up SBC, and told them that I was sick of the speed problem, and I wanted it fixed.
There was lots of talk, and then a technician was rolled to my house to examine my phone line. The decision was that I could not sustain any better throughput until something was ifxed on the physical line itself.
Electrically, my house tested at 18,000 feet from the CO. So you’d expect pretty piss poor performance. Another engineer was dispatched to my house. He removed about 600 feet of phone line from my local loop. I theory a better connection as possible.
I have an OLD Speedstream 5660 modem this modme is not recognized by any techs when you call in for support. So, I bought a new modem. My friedns recommend a Zoom 5554 X5. I bought one.
Then I finally asked the right question - “Is there an RT in range of me?”
Tech: “Hmmm… Let me check.”
Hemming and hawing…
Tech: “Why yes there is.”
Me: “Well, wire me over to that bitch, and lets go.”
And that was the beginning of Dave’s DSL upgrade saga.
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