On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 12:03 PM, James G. Sack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brad Beyenhof wrote: > >> 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.
Mine's a 1701HG. > Out of curiosity, what are you getting? I'm paying for 3Mbps down / 512kbps up, and I get roughly 1.5Mbps down / 430 kbps up. When I was paying for 1.5Mbps down (same line, same modem), I was getting between 1.0Mbps and 1.25Mbps. (I don't recall upload speeds from then.) > Also what has AT&T tech support said about it? I actually haven't spoken with an AT&T tech about it yet. It was only just recently that the higher-speed service was made available in my neighborhood, so it may be growing pains of some sort (though they shouldn't advertise 3Mbps if they can only provide half that). > 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. I'll google around a bit. I was mainly asking because I didn't know whether the local modem could have the same kind of effect on speed as Gregory mentioned with his cable service. -- Brad Beyenhof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://augmentedfourth.com Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything. ~ Sydney Smith, English essayist and preacher (1771-1845) -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
