| ADSL2+ I have seen the list for deployments and naturally my city not on it 
Any indications if & when it will be available in the Houston Tx. area?
I already have the 6/768 dry line thru Covad/Att,
but ready for more upload whenever possible. |
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Auburn Hills, MI | As of right now, the Metro Houston area is not on the list as far as markets to be added.
So if you want a faster upload then 768k, you would need to look at SDSL, or T1 options.
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1 edit | Thanks for the reply, but I should have stated in my question......{"within my budget"}..... lol
UpDate, I got a call from a Covad rep Friday after doing a ck for the new service on their site. He insisted that as of the 15th they will offer the new service to me, I told him I didn't think so, not supposed to be in Houston area at this time. So, I finally told him if they could offer me the new service after it goes live on the 15th to give me a call 
....probably some new guy in a call center with no clue as to where this is actually being deployed. |
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| UpDate....I was right, he called back today. And my CO isn't on his list..lol
But I do have another question about the new service, will it have the same overhead problem that ADSL has? I have 6/768 package, and usually get 5.1/660 on speed test. |
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Auburn Hills, MI | reply to houstontarge
All forms of Internet access will have TCP overhead. |
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| That's true, but seems to be different degrees. My DSL has allot more overhead than my old RoadRunner account had and yes I know distance plays a big role in all this for DSL. On the 8 /512 premium I usually got 7400 to 7500 down, & 460 up, but their constant outages, spikes & lack of any support finally drove me to DSL. Not like it makes any difference, it's not available to me anyway, I was just hoping the new technology would yield speeds closer the advertised speeds. |
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1 edit | Cable providers will typically over provision your line. meaning if you have a 8.0 line, they may set it is 9.0 to account for the overhead. (those numbers are just samples, as I have no idea of exact figures other ISP's use)
I think Verizon is the only DSL provider to over provision a line for higher than the advertised rates.
TCP overhead will effect all forms of Internet access, as that is how the Internet works.
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