| Lines need an upgrade Lines in my area are so bad I can only get 1.5M service even though I am at 10000 feet from the CO. Apparently close to 9000 of those feet are done with 26 gauge wire per the line tech I spoke with today (Can you believe it? CenturyTel actually followed up on a trouble ticket with a phone call) and he figured a trouble ticket woudl be coming when they upped me to 3M service yesterday.
So, how is CenturyTel on upgrading their lines to 24 gauge? I am guessing that I will never see above 1.5M but just wondering. |
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 IconTime KeeperPremium,VIP,MVM
join:2004-01-07
Little Rock, AR
kudos:3 | So you had 3 meg service, but couldn't keep sync? What were your stats like in your modem....for that matter, what are they like right now on 1.5?
There wouldn't be much of a chance that Centurytel will tear down copper just to put up more copper (24 or 22 gauge). |
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| Right now at 1.5M I am seeing these numbers:
Down Up
DSL Speed 1792 320
Margin (dB) 13.0 19.0
Line Attenuation 58.0 30.5
Transmit Power 16.5 11.7
These are about the best numbers I would see with 3M:
Down Up
DSL Speed 3584 608
Margin (dB) 12.0 6.0
Line Attenuation 59.5 30.5
Transmit Power 18.0 12.3
Not much difference except for the Margin.
I didn't really think they would be replacing any copper, but they need to get on the stick with a fiber build out in the "older" (18 year old house) area of their network in this city. |
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IconTime KeeperPremium,VIP,MVM
join:2004-01-07
Little Rock, AR
kudos:3 | reply to timbobcom
That's not very much drop with your download margin considering you're doubling your throughput. Are those 3 meg stats saved from when you had the package? Do you have a DSL splitter and a homerun line to your modem jack? |
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