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Re: It needs to be cheaper. said by MechaStyle:
Bellsouth has something just like this, slightly faster at 256 down. Except their DSL Lite costs FORTY DOLLARS for most people.
I was at a friend's apartment earlier this week and turned on my laptop to do some gaming. Windows saw a "NETGEAR" access point and started getting me connected (no WEP -- no changes to default settings). It appears to be my friend's nearby neighbor. The signal strength was "excellent" to "very good."
We decided to see what kind of connection this guy had, since the browsing seemed a little slow. He was on a BellSouth DSL setup, and after a BBR speed test or two, we determined that he had to be on the DSL Lite product.
I'll tell you this -- browsing and lite e-mail attachments would be marginally OK on this setup. Anything with video, audio, or streaming content -- not worth it. And you can forget downloading files -- the measured speed of 206kbps was horrible for downloading after overhead. Not sure how much my 802.11b connection would factor into that overhead.
I have no clue why anyone would want DSL Lite from BellSouth (if this was in fact a DSL Lite line) if all you can do is browse and do e-mail (sans attachments). Sort of defeats the idea of getting newbs and old folks to sign up for the service, particularly if it's advertised for the types of people who might want to get photos of grandkids or attachments from family/friends.
My 2 cents on that.
IronChefMorimoto
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| What pisses me off the most about Bellsouth is that they are going crazy advertising DSL Lite at the $25 price point to make it appear as if it's only a couple bucks more than traditional dial-up. But actually it's $40 for most people who don't have their lame Bellsouth Unlimited plan, and there's a one year contract.  When I used to have Bellsouth for dsl, they had awesome newsgroups and ran a pretty reliable 1.5/256, but their pricing has needed help for a long time.  But unfortunately, they will always continue to pull in the clueless and/or are still a monopoly in many areas. | |
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