Brad Beyenhof wrote:
2008/7/8 Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
On Jun 29, 2008, at 10:36 PM, Bob La Quey wrote:
I'm with Cox Cable/Internet/Phone in Santee. Speeds were damn near
intolerable before I replaced my 8-year-old Toshiba cable modem with a new
D-Link last year, and that simple $40 swap-out brought me from ~5mbit to
nearly ~20mbit for downloads, and from ~200kbit to ~550kbit uploads.
Hm... I wonder if new hardware might help my DSL speeds as well. I'm
still using the 2WIRE modem/router from AT&T; does anyone know whether
a different modem might get me closer to the transfer rate for which
I'm actually paying?
I installed a couple of 2wire 2701s a few months ago. An advertised
7Mbps seemed to give 6Mbps actual, which I thought may be typical. A 1.5
Mbps connection seemed close to spec. I can't
remember the upload results, but also recall they "seemed ok". There is
raw connection results data on a advanced diagostics page on the 2wire
admin interface (192.168.1.254, on the 2701 models I had. I think the
model had a suffix HG-B. I got them used (craigslist) for ~30 each --
currently shipping models from (say) Qwest (-D) use a 192.168.1.1, I think.
Out of curiosity, what are you getting? Also what has AT&T tech support
said about it?
I do remember reading forum messages (no links, sorry) that compared
dsl modems, with some notable gripes about a couple of models to stay
away from. It might be worth some googling.
Regards,
..jim
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