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Re: Let's understand how DSL works.... said by qworster:In some ways its like your electrical power being browned out each evening. You're paying for 120 volts, but on their own (and without telling anyone) the electric company has reduced your voltage to 105 volts-hoping that you won't notice that your lights aren't quite as bright as before. In Bell's case they throttle 300kB/s to 600kB/s lines down to 30kB/s, i.e. by 90% to 95%, they do it only for selected applications like P2P and they do it from 5pm to 2am. So to carry the analogy it would be like a power company that "throttles" the voltage from 120VAC down to 5VAC or 10VAC but only to your TV set and only during prime time. As for hoping that you will not notice, Bell is too arrogant to care whether or not you do. |
