Bell Canada → What modem do you have?

I have a speedstream 5360 and my girlfriend has the 5260...I keeping seeing reference to others in this forum and am interested in the pros/cons of each and if there is any capping involved with these other modems.
I am always getting over 1000k on speed tests so I am not worried if the ons I have is comparable I am just curios.

Caping has nothing to do with the modem.

I agree, the cap does not occur @ the modem, just heard some of the older modems were not able to achieve better speeds.

The type of modem one has is related to the equipment in the Central office. Bell has four types of modems in use.

said by J Biz:

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I agree, the cap does not occur @ the modem, just heard some of the older modems were not able to achieve better speeds.

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This is correct, though the difference is small enough to be irrelevant.

There is only two types of Bell equipement which limits the modem one user get : DBIC and DSLAM.

DBIC ---> Nortel
DSLAM ---> Alcatel SpeedTouch, ALcatel USB and Efficient SpeedStream (all same technology, but Efficient's modems are cheaper)

I got the Efficient 5360, Works like a charm, (stick your head to its case, ull hear facinating sounds) , and the speeds are optimal (over 1000k all the time).

Had the Alcatel USB, great modem, speeds were optimal (over 1000k aswell) but the problem was that I kept loosing sync(inconsistant soo I know its not my system). Swapped if for the Efficient and only dropped connection once this month.

good old Nortel modem.. yep.. I have that... works like crap.. no 1000.. never up there.. most I get is like 800.. pretty sad.. and I've been a loyal customer for like 4 years.. and come to think about it.. I only started to complain about it only this past few months..

I have the 5360....see? Hah, I new this web cam would come in handy one day.

aw i just have the black one with the green lights, i want yours it looks nicer ;[

And here's my other one...the Alcatel Speed Touch Home. (can you tell I'm bored?)

Man that SpeedStream modem is huge looks like a OLD ISDN modem I seen when I was young This is my nice Alcatel SpeedTouch.
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Actually Wingy, the speedstream takes up LESS real estate than the alcatel...see? (hell, I should have just done this pic in the first place (_8(l) D'oh!)

It's too tall for me

I love this baby.

I have the Speedstream 5260, any big difference with the 5360?

Liliaa, go here and check it out for yourself
»www.efficient.com/produc ··· eth.html

i also have the speedstream 5360 and it works great. gettin' 1000k+ all the time. here is question i wanna ask, do u put your speedstream 5360 vertical or horizontal like a playstation 2? i put my horizontal, what aout you?

said by DJ_Psychic:

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i also have the speedstream 5360 and it works great. gettin' 1000k+ all the time. here is question i wanna ask, do u put your speedstream 5360 vertical or horizontal like a playstation 2? i put my horizontal, what aout you?

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You cant put it the other way (maybe the older version of the 5360) but the one i have you cant do it(look at the pic above) it has rounded edges.

my look the same as every one else speedstream 5360 modem, size and colour. (black and sliver)but i have a stand on the left side of the modem, that i counld put horizontal and vertical. like the one one on efficient.com

»www.efficient.com/images ··· 5251.gif

said by DJ_Psychic:

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my look the same as every one else speedstream 5360 modem, size and colour. (black and sliver)but i have a stand on the left side of the modem, that i counld put horizontal and vertical. like the one one on efficient.com

»www.efficient.com/images ··· 5251.gif

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That one is slightly differnt from mine, your has the 2 rubber pieces, mine doesnt

I chucked my Alcatel on top of my monitor. I got sick of it occupying so much of my desk. Even though Bell tells you to keep it at least 1 foot away from your monitor, it hasn't impacted my speed or performance at all.

You'll never get 1000 kbps with the Nortel modem. It's capped at 960.

Plus, the reason why their not changing you over to DSLAM could be as simple as the CO doesn't have the room for a DSLAM rack.

said by mau108:

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I love this baby.

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I had that one for awhile then it didnt work so after a week they sent me this one now alls well.

said by Deadpool:

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You'll never get 1000 kbps with the Nortel modem. It's capped at 960.

Plus, the reason why their not changing you over to DSLAM could be as simple as the CO doesn't have the room for a DSLAM rack.

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Thats true and even the finest tweakers wont get those speeds running on that lousy modem. Ive tweaked my cousins to the max (considering he has got a huge extentino cord running) Ive only got it to work at a max of 850/103.

I've got my good ol' Alcatel Speed Touch Home modem... I usually get speeds of around 1020kbps..

said by Teddy Brown:

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I've got my good ol' Alcatel Speed Touch Home modem... I usually get speeds of around 1020kbps..

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I sure loved that USB thing, but it gave too many loss of sync probs(power supply probs i guess), now im with my SpeedStream which is equally as good.

The SpeedTouch has a funny look to it, it's jazzy

Since it's show and tell time....

That's a stack of and SMC Barricade 7004BR, Alcatel Speed Touch Home and a 3Com USR Courier V.Everything on the bottom....
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all you guys are neet and organized.

I don't have a digi-cam so you'll have to use your imagination. first pictue a hackedup rt314 with cables falling all over the shelf and tacked to the wall dropping down to a cisco switch that I borrowd then to a network everywhere hub then under papers and more cable my pos nortel reversion 0, that I've paid off and bell is milking the profits from me.

you see.. u can't imagine mine.. mine is a Nortel =P