[ale] Latency on my DSL line

Jeremy T. Bouse jeremy.bouse at undergrid.net
Thu Nov 8 20:44:25 EST 2007


List wrote:
> Unless I'm mistaken, much of Alpharetta (especially south of Windward) 
> is all copper, while Dallas (especially new construction) is fiber to 
> the SLC. I'm sure that accounts for much.
>
> Jeremy T. Bouse wrote:
>> William Bagwell wrote:
>>> On Thursday 08 November 2007, Jeremy T. Bouse wrote:
>>>  
>>>> William Bagwell wrote:
>>>>     
>>>
>>>  
>>>>> <gloat> http://www.speedtest.net/result/200358984.png
>>>>>
>>>>> Much as enjoy seeing TDS whip the pants off of Bell:) still wish I 
>>>>> had
>>>>> the choice to try Speedfactory.
>>>>>       
>>>> http://www.speedtest.net/result/200376854.png
>>>> And this is while BT'ing Fedora 8 DVD... I'll have to run it again 
>>>> later
>>>> after the torrent finishes.
>>>>     
>>>
>>> Which level of service? I have the lower of the two currently 
>>> offered in my area. (Originally signed up for the middle of three. 
>>> Symmetrical at the time, but down has increased at least twice...)
>>>   
>>    I've got the top 6Mbps service... Surprisingly I could only get 
>> the 3Mbps back in Alpharetta but buy a house out here in Dallas and I 
>> get better connectivity.
    You might be right about that as I believe the NTI outside does have 
fiber coming into it. It's a newer NTI than I've had before on any of my 
DSL installations.



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