evgray
join:2003-05-19
Fort Scott, KS
 ·AT&T DSL Service
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Re: Hmm....
We only have At&T or crappy cable internet available here. We have the elite 6meg dsl and I have yet to get above 5000 and they say that that is fast enough and don't worry about it, it's within their range of speed that they have to offer me. If you switch, I hope that you get faster speeds than me. |
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insomniac84
join:2002-01-03
Schererville, IN | You maximum speed is only going to be about 5220kbps
What speeds are you getting? |
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SalesGOD
Got Money? Will Sell
join:2001-04-11
Tinley Park, IL | reply to evgray
With overhead on at&t, the best speed you could hope for on a 6M down connection would be 5100. |
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Cabal
Premium
join:2007-01-21
Boston, MA | reply to insomniac84
Real providers don't use the awful hack known as PPPoE. |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | reply to insomniac84
I don't understand why at&t doesn't compensate for overhead in it's stated speeds... just advertise it as 5.2Mbps. |
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odreian615
join:2006-01-18
Chicago, IL
2 edits | reply to insomniac84
I agree with insomniac cause I live less than 1000 ft from my CO
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA | reply to Cabal
As crummy as PPPoE is, ATM overhead is the biggest culprit preventing him from getting his advertised speeds. At least Verizon over-caps to compensate for it.
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insomniac84
join:2002-01-03
Schererville, IN | The area I was in while in school was ex-gte verizon. They gave you the sync rate that compensated for overhead, but in that area they used dhcp instead of pppoe. Speeds were actually higher than the advertised rate because of that. |
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Couch Potato
What?
Premium
join:2004-08-29
Evansville, IN | reply to evgray
Back when I had AT&T DSL, I also had elite, I was about 300 ft. from my RT and had perfect line stats, new drop, new jack, and only received 5200 at most on the download. That's just how it is with them. |
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