Waterbug
join:2008-03-30
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Re: Waiting with "baited breath" in Lisle for improved QOS
said by rblomeyer  :Friends: AT&T is working on "cleaning the lines" in my subdivision, to enable providing television programming as a service option to Dupage county IL subscribers. That "cleaning the lines" is the line conditioning that should have been done with the introduction of DSL service. Someone at at&t has finally figured out that when a tech comes out to condition one pair, he can do the rest of the pairs in that terminal in only a few more minutes. (all the pairs probably have the same bridge taps, loads etc.) They are eliminating the potential for 10 additional dispatches for pairs in the same box.
This may result in improved service for DSL customers whose pairs have never been properly "conditioned". The down side is that litespeed conditioned pairs are permanently assigned and are very difficult to change. When your pair goes BAD, it must be fixed and not just transferred to another good pair. If your pair is a "lemon" it may stay that way for a long time. |
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rblomeyer
join:2007-08-30
Lisle, IL
| Waterbug:
You seemingly speak with authority. Are there any circumstances under which AT&T would consider switching my DSL service over to a different pair?
I pay for two POTS lines. Each has two pairs w. inside pairs carrying phone service for both lines. My second phone line is for fax only and isn't used much.
The two numbers have different exchanges & terminate at switches in different locations. I requested AT&T to install my DSL originally on the unused pair for the primary number.
I question whether or not AT&T did much "conditioning" when they originally installed DSL on my primary line. That entire history is documented in posts here; if anyone is interested.
The current DSL performance is better than connecting at 40-45 Kb tops over a modem. But your reference to a "lemon line" is hauntingly familiar.
What (if anything) would persuade AT&T to try switching the DSL connection to the outside pair on "line two" and conditioning that line?
It could precipitate a change for the better, or for the worse. It might go either way.
Here's my most recent test from Argonne's ANL server:
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TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.5.1
click START to begin
Connected to: miranda.ctd.anl.gov -- Using IPv4 address
Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done
checking for firewalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done
running 10s outbound test (client-to-server [C2S]) . . . . . 420.0kb/s
running 10s inbound test (server-to-client [S2C]) . . . . . . 1.94Mb/s
Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem
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Honestly, that's the best performance I've seen for a while. Consistently dropping over a Mb downstream seems like a lot to me.
Do I live with the DSL as is? Or, realistically, is there anything AT&T can do to improve my current DSL QOS?
Or... do I watch and wait for that mythical "tan colored box" signaling the advent of U-Verse in my neighborhood?
BobBl
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rblomeyer
join:2007-08-30
Lisle, IL | Jon:
The Meadows (I) in Lisle.
BobBl |
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RadioDoc
Sortofadog
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11
Chicago, IL
 ·AT&T Midwest
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That server is not reliable, even though you might think it would be given it's location. It has never worked right for me in 8 years. What does your modem show for sync rates?
Try testing your speed here: »www.speedtest.net/ . Use the Chicago test (Speakeasy), which you should default to.
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