Review by gadgetpig 
UPDATED: 123 days ago
member for 6 years, 153 visits, last login: 34 days ago
 Chicago,Cook,IL
 $29 per month
 AT&T
 "Low latency, high uptimes, great for internet gaming, VOIP, VPN, VNC, RDP, Teamviewer, streaming video"
 "DSL download/upload speed is still governed by distance to CO, quality of inside/outside lines"
 "Great bang for the buck, no caps or sandvine voodoo, low latency network and excellent onsite BBR staff"
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All in all very reliable, I don't recall ever having downtime. When I turn it on, it's always there, always works. A must for today's work-at-home professional, hardcore gamer, or system admin/techie. The AT&T backbone network is one of the best for low latency/realtime apps. There is no sandvine or bandwidth cap voodoo yet (that I know of) in our Chicago market. And I hope it continues this way. I do part-time IT consulting so it works great with VNC/RDP, and Teamviewer/Showmypc. I'm also a hardcore Counterstrike fanatic, getting good latency/pings as far away as the UK.
As with all DSL technology, the maximum download/upload speed you can get is governed by how far you are from the CO (central office), your inside and outside line quality, and to a smaller extent, your DSL modem. that is why I gave only a "3" for services, because I can't get higher speeds due to my distance to the CO. (I'm waiting for you FIOS, come to papa OK?)
On a final note, I want to give props to David from AT&T Midwest Tech Support (Granite City,Illinois). He has helped me the last few years on my various questions/fine tuning our family's DSL lines to get maximum speed and reliability. Without a doubt, David has gone above and beyond to help us in our time of need. Thank you David! We appreciate all your help!
cheers,
GadgetPig
Current CPE setup: Netgear DGN2000 (yeah yeah, I know AT&T doesn't support this,Shhh! But it works great! And it's nice to only reboot one device instead of 2.
Set your Netgear DGN2000 DSL specs:
Multiplexing Method : "LLC based"
VPI ="0"
VCI= "35"
Setup WPA/WPA2 wireless PSK
PPPOE (idle tmeout=60minutes)
Set primary DNS to 4.2.2.1
Set secondary DNS to 208.67.222.222 and you're golden!
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