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rrhoden

join:2002-10-15
Kathleen, GA

reply to Archivis
Re: Why

Well tell them since they charge you for 768/128 service, when infact you only get about 650/110, the speed difference could be used to "pay" this additional fee. Also, they MAY have a seperate tech support # for you to call if you pay this fee, or they may have you call the original number and get transferred over that way. To save money, you'll probably have to call and have a Tier 1 tech answer and you tell them your paying the additional fee for advanced support. Then what do you do? You wait on the line an additional 5 minutes before these other goons answer the line. Personally, it sounds like a crock of $hit.


Archivis
Your Daddy
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join:2001-11-26
Earth
Thats why we have to see some answers.

Answers answers answers...
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ

reply to rrhoden
said by rrhoden See Profile:
Well tell them since they charge you for 768/128 service, when infact you only get about 650/110, the speed difference could be used to "pay" this additional fee. Also, they MAY have a seperate tech support # for you to call if you pay this fee, or they may have you call the original number and get transferred over that way. To save money, you'll probably have to call and have a Tier 1 tech answer and you tell them your paying the additional fee for advanced support. Then what do you do? You wait on the line an additional 5 minutes before these other goons answer the line.
Actually when you factor in the PPPoE overhead of 13 to 20% of your total bandwidth of 768/128 those speeds are about right on target.
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cableblows3

join:2001-06-17
Indianapolis, IN

 Re: Why-FACTOR THIS IN

said by dvd536 See Profile:
said by rrhoden See Profile:
Well tell them since they charge you for 768/128 service, when infact you only get about 650/110, the speed difference could be used to "pay" this additional fee. Also, they MAY have a seperate tech support # for you to call if you pay this fee, or they may have you call the original number and get transferred over that way. To save money, you'll probably have to call and have a Tier 1 tech answer and you tell them your paying the additional fee for advanced support. Then what do you do? You wait on the line an additional 5 minutes before these other goons answer the line.
Actually when you factor in the PPPoE overhead of 13 to 20% of your total bandwidth of 768/128 those speeds are about right on target.

NO if they sell you 768/128 thats what it should be! how bout you buy a gallon of milk and only get 3/4 of it? does that work for you? me either


sadowski
I Am My Own Doppelganger
Premium,MVM
join:2000-04-14
Buffalo, NY
clubs:
reply to rrhoden
Re: Why

Verizon does in fact over-provision so that you do get 768/128 or whatever your plan calls for.

Gordon Gekko

join:2003-02-18
North Little Rock, AR

reply to cableblows3
Re: Why-FACTOR THIS IN

Your not correct.....physical connections speed is 768/128 ...if it would not be that then you would more then likely loose your syncronization.....blame the loss on your pc which uses a routable protocol called tcip...this is where the overhead is being used.....


mballard
Premium,ExMod 1999-03
join:1999-11-15
Los Angeles, CA
clubs:
reply to dvd536
Re: Why

Actually, it has almost nothing to do with PPPoE overhead, it is related to TCP/IP over ATM overhead, the amount of overhead PPPoE adds less than 1% (assuming a 1492 MTU).


ScopeyFresh

join:2000-12-02
Lompoc, CA
clubs:

reply to rrhoden
said by rrhoden See Profile:
Well tell them since they charge you for 768/128 service, when infact you only get about 650/110, the speed difference could be used to "pay" this additional fee. Also, they MAY have a seperate tech support # for you to call if you pay this fee, or they may have you call the original number and get transferred over that way. To save money, you'll probably have to call and have a Tier 1 tech answer and you tell them your paying the additional fee for advanced support. Then what do you do? You wait on the line an additional 5 minutes before these other goons answer the line. Personally, it sounds like a crock of $hit.
Hey on my 768/128 package I get 736/134. Maybe it's a fluke.


93254336
Weapons Of Masturbation
Premium
join:2001-10-20

said by ScopeyFresh See Profile:
Hey on my 768/128 package I get 736/134. Maybe it's a fluke.
864/160 is typically the "raw" provisioning speed of a "768/128" ADSL circuit itself, but that doesn't include data transmission overhead, etc. Taking that into account and under ideal subscriber loop conditions, maximum apparent throughput (e.g. using the dslreports.com speed test) will be approximately 740/140.

- Dan


murdok6100
Avatar. Get It, Avatar?

join:2002-06-20

reply to dvd536
said by dvd536 See Profile:
said by rrhoden See Profile:
Well tell them since they charge you for 768/128 service, when infact you only get about 650/110, the speed difference could be used to "pay" this additional fee. Also, they MAY have a seperate tech support # for you to call if you pay this fee, or they may have you call the original number and get transferred over that way. To save money, you'll probably have to call and have a Tier 1 tech answer and you tell them your paying the additional fee for advanced support. Then what do you do? You wait on the line an additional 5 minutes before these other goons answer the line.
Actually when you factor in the PPPoE overhead of 13 to 20% of your total bandwidth of 768/128 those speeds are about right on target.

Im so glad I dont have to pay these bastards ever again. Im telling ya: for the money nothing beats VOIP.

And ya know something else, stupid people will pay these fools for "premium" service. It may even catch on and make other tech support more expensive.

But at least I'll be able to say I have nothing to do with it.

murdok610


Aladrin
Code Junkie

join:2001-01-25
Clermont, FL
reply to cableblows3
Re: Why-FACTOR THIS IN

You're telling me that your milk comes RIGHT up to the top of the cap when you buy it? Mine has about 1/2" of air at the top.

bst1123

join:2001-11-10
Bedford, PA
reply to rrhoden
Re: Why

The TCP transfer overhead takes up the other part of your bandwith. You will never surf as fast as you sync rate.


bear73
Metnav... Fly The Unfriendly Skies
Premium
join:2001-06-09
Grand Forks Afb, ND
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reply to cableblows3
Re: Why-FACTOR THIS IN

said by cableblows3 See Profile:
said by dvd536 See Profile:
said by rrhoden See Profile:
Well tell them since they charge you for 768/128 service, when infact you only get about 650/110, the speed difference could be used to "pay" this additional fee. Also, they MAY have a seperate tech support # for you to call if you pay this fee, or they may have you call the original number and get transferred over that way. To save money, you'll probably have to call and have a Tier 1 tech answer and you tell them your paying the additional fee for advanced support. Then what do you do? You wait on the line an additional 5 minutes before these other goons answer the line.
Actually when you factor in the PPPoE overhead of 13 to 20% of your total bandwidth of 768/128 those speeds are about right on target.

NO if they sell you 768/128 thats what it should be! how bout you buy a gallon of milk and only get 3/4 of it? does that work for you? me either
ever looked at the actual raw bits comming in on your line? I'll bet you 6 months pay that if you measured your line with a line tester (the kind the field techs are given for test and verification of your lines, signal loss, line capacity and such) you'd find you are getting what you have paid for. It's something that most techs and reps won't tell you because if the customer doesn't already have a background in technology then the tech or rep will either be "speeking Greek" or will have to spend 2 hours teaching the technology to them.
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archfeld

join:2001-07-29
Concord, CA
reply to Aladrin
yes but you have a jug that is larger than 1 gallon. The liquid measurement are REQUIRED to actually reflect the amount of liquid IN THE CONTAINER, unlike the system the ISP's use, Andersen accounting I am sure...

TestPC1

join:2002-09-18
Leesburg, VA

reply to cableblows3
So tell me , you bought a 56k dial up modem . Did you ever 56kbps from any service you connected with it ?

The comparison of milk to shared bandwidth product isn't valid either.

Do you guys ever read your service agreements ? Or do you just scroll down and OK like some mindless lab rat ?
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