Who's your ISP? It doesn't appear to be Qwest itself - Mammoth Networks is used by resellers, and in my short time using them, has a very shoddy network. Essentially, you're purchasing the line from Qwest and purchasing the actual Internet service from a reseller who happens to use Mammoth.

That said, if you're training at less those speeds, your problem is between your premise and the Qwest DSLAM.

If you buy the CAT5 RJ11 cable you will not have to buy another modem or any adapters. The cable is just like a CAT5 ethernet cable but has regualr phone connectors on the end. Just replace your phone line from the jack to the modem with the CAT5 RJ11 cable. It should help your speeds as it did mine.

If you buy the CAT5 RJ11 cable you will not have to buy another modem or any adapters. The cable is just like a CAT5 ethernet cable but has regualr phone connectors on the end. Just replace your phone line from the jack to the modem with the CAT5 RJ11 cable. It should help your speeds as it did mine.

said by KPAZ :

I recommend everyone with DSL replace the phone line from the jack to the modem with a Cat5 phone line. I did it yesterday and increased my speed tests results by 1.5mbps.

said by y_not :

Maybe I'm missing something here..

How would running a 7ft patch cord that uses 4twisted pairs, then twisted upon themselves, better known as Cat5/e have any impact on a line that's already using twisted pairs?

Even old school phone wire is using twisted pair, since the early 1900's.

I can see running a home run with Cat5e as I have done would at the very least prevent adl. interference short of a large EMI from parallel power lines.
But even then, you're still only using 1 pair.
Unless you have 2 screw down lug type terminals on both ends and you can connect up all 4 pairs. 4 wires to each ring and tip, one wire coming from each pair for each side of the terminal conn.

But even then... will it really make a difference?

Just curiosity!