skiesics
join:2005-07-23
Atlanta, GA
1 edit | DSC rocks!
I switched from Speedfactory (3M/384k service) after several of my internet radio stations would crap out maybe 10-15 min into listening to the stream. I suspected either they were over subscribed on the backbone (which they assured me they weren't) or they have some QOS (quality of service) issues with their routers, switches, backbone, etc... I then stared to do some testing to see if the problems were the stations I was tuned into. I started doing test downloads from Microsoft like MSOffice service packs and several other big file downloads from Microsoft. I noticed the downloads would jump from around 300k/s down to 80k/s; it was up and down randomly during business hours. Around 1:30-2:00am they would be rock solid at 360k/s. Thats when I knew there was a usage issue, at least from my house, and I decided to switch to DSC.
DSC switched me in about 3 days if I remember correctly. The service couldn't be better! I can download anything from Microsoft any time of day at a very solid 360k/s download speed. Any site with enough bandwidth to handle a 3M download works at 360k/s any time of day. BTW my sync stayed the same with both ISPs 3008/384 sync in the DSL modem. Latency is very good with either service also. Both ping google.com at around 28ms, yahoo.com around 36ms low hops for both. Like I said before the prob with Speedfactory was the sustained download speeds. The nice thing about DSC is they actually have a realtime net graph online for users in their IP space (updates every 5min). DSC has 2-GigE circuits and 4-100M circuits for a total of 2.4 Gigabits of backbone bandwidth. Lastly, DSC is a GA based company; I like that my money is staying at home in my state and not being sent out to some other state's economy.
Oh forgot to mention, I'm paying $54/mo for 3000/384 with one static IP on a Bellsouth shared line. I think they have other options available for more IP's and various levels of bandwidth like 1500/256, etc... I'm told they can do a "Dry DSL" line through Covad, but you have to pay around $100 for a dedicated Covad line to be run from the street to your house. Thats it!
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