| Tiered DSL isn't that fast. If you buy the $10 DSL, you generally get 384-768, but if you spring for about ten more bucks, you can most generally get faster, more reliable service that doesn't have a Fair Access Policy. With DSL, you can run faster, download longer, and actually use your Internet for half the cost of satellite.
Take it from someone who lives in a market where DSL is expensive, ($89 for 3 meg down), even the worst DSL or cable is better than the best satellite simply because there are no restrictions on how much you can use or when. |
 PiggieI Actually use WindstreamPremium
join:2005-11-23
Orange Springs, FL | reply to jackpo316
said by jackpo316 :
I do not know where you people are but DSL sucks here MY daughter has dsl and has been on my hughes sat she said my system smokes hers any day on downloads she says and when she gets a reg phone call it drops below dialup speeds and the down loads goes up and down so it all depends on where you are dsl here sucks to hughes net
This needs to be taken to a DSL forum, but what you describe is a bad line, bridge taps and not cut straight through to your home.
They going to the forum that is your daughters ISP and see if any of that ISP's techs hang there and she can get it fixed.
Picking up the phone just means bad wiring or a bad filter.
While DSL requires MUCH less tweaking than satellite system, there are still certain things to understand to at least get the telco to fix your problems.
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