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On Aug 24, 2005, at 6:22 AM, James Fraser wrote:
on 8-21-05 4:32 PM, Danielle Sellers at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I live in the burs of Des Moines, Iowa. No mountains here to block
reception of anything. Qwest is less than 3 miles from here. But they
still will not upgrade to the higher 1.5 DSL and seem they do not have
the intention of doing so in the near future.
I'm curious: what do you mean the "higher 1.5 DSL?"
In my neck of the woods (SF Bay Area), SBC sells DSL at *up to* 1.5
Mbps for
their Express (basic) package. What speed does Qwest say you'll get
"up to"
in your area? 512Kbps or something?
Do they at least offer a minimum speed that they have to meet or you
can
cancel your contract without penalty?
Best,
James Fraser
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Typically in the telecom world when it is stated that you are getting a
1.5 DSL connection they are referring to a 1.544mb T1 connection. Which
means the that telco has put T1 repeaters on the line and have cleared
the line of all conditioning equipment (i.e. D66 transformers) that
might be needed to make the wire pairs going the Customer Prem meet the
bandpass requirements that are required to meet tariff. This type of
connection is usually very expensive and cost is based on the distance
from the central office to the customer's location. I also offers true
DSL where as most connections that are offered to the public over their
telephone lines are ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) service.
ADSL is asymmetric in the way that the maximum downstream speed is
higher than the maximum upstream speed. This is appropriate for surfing
the Internet, for example, where large amounts of data are transferred
from the network to the user, and much less data is passed back to the
network.
Traditional systems, like most modem connections, have been symmetric.
ADSL usually has a downstream rate that is approximately 10 times
faster than the upstream speed, but some ADSL offerings today deliver
the same speed bidirectional, e.g. 384kbps bidirectional. Also SHDSL
(Symmetric ..) is being deployed.
you'll get "up to" in your area? 512Kbps or something?
Just means that the speed of your connection will be determined by the
distance from the Central Office to your location and the condition of
the wire pairs. Also meaning how many junction boxes, sometime called a
Bbox (B for busy or lots of wire pairs being crossed-connected) that
your pair goes through, how many splices, how new the cable, (old PIC
Paper Impregnated Cable) of which there is still plenty in the Bay Area
is one of the worst, and was probably laid in the 1930's.
In essence what you get is what you get.
Best Regards, /\*_*/\
Harry (*^_^*)
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and then we return home.
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