Faster DSL connectionPost Date: 2011-03-20 |
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police215 
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Hey guys,
I have DSL (my wife wife works for AT&T so we get it really cheap) the hight connection that they offer. The fastest i have gotten to download is 6.5 MB that the max in years.
Is there anything i can do to get more speed out of my DSL? Currectly AT&T does not offer anything faster
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RiceEatin2000GT
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Posted: 20 Mar 2011 at 11:48am |
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ur only option is to change to cable, most cable providers are right around 15-20 Megabit sec
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maxyme
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Posted: 20 Mar 2011 at 3:29pm |
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oh god i have att and their internet its terrible! i have the 6mbps plan and the highest download speed i've ever got is 2mbps and upload is .2mbps...
you must have their "12mbps" plan lol att internet is a joke. Switching to comcast in a month or so. getting 15mbps internet :) |
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Divine
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Posted: 20 Mar 2011 at 4:12pm |
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Don t forget they are the bastards that are capping the Internet too, and im sure the others will follow like little baby ducks in time
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maxyme
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Posted: 20 Mar 2011 at 4:18pm |
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yea but the problem is comcast has had a cap for a while now so i really don't have a choice of non capped internet...
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Treelox
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Posted: 20 Mar 2011 at 4:56pm |
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Im not a fan of ATT by any means, but I will say that they deliver the speed to me that I pay for.
Just for laughs have you tried hooking your router directly up to where the line from the street enters your house? I know on a few occasions friends of mine own house wiring has been the problem, so going to the box and using some gator clips or some such is a good way to check. Also make sure you have them silly little DSL line filters on all the other extensions in your place, it makes a difference. |
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maxyme
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Posted: 20 Mar 2011 at 5:09pm |
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Yea well i have absolutely no clue where the first jack is. My house is wired pretty terribly and we have like 3 telephone lines we could have but only use one. So it could be anywhere and i have it next to my computer for convinence. But i'm switching to comcast soon and its the same price so it doesn't matter to me.
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Treelox
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Posted: 20 Mar 2011 at 5:15pm |
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no not the first jack, but the panel/box where the phone company wire meets your houses wire.
Still as you say it is no longer important since you are moving. I just hope you enjoy your comcast experience, myself I prefer the consistancy of speed you get with DSL versus the ebb and flow you get with cable modem depending on which of your neighbors is HD porn.
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maxyme
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Posted: 20 Mar 2011 at 5:29pm |
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well honestly i think i'm the person thats going to hog most the bandwidth on the block. :P
Plus i've had it before it was pretty nice and really fast especially the upload speed. Which i will need as i'll be starting a youtube channel. |
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Divine
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Posted: 20 Mar 2011 at 5:43pm |
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hmm, I have time warner cable and I love it...been a member for 4 yrs now, and the only time its down is when someone wrecks into something, or they are doing maintenance...over 4yrs I would say ive been without internet maybe 25 times or so if that! I had earth-link dsl back when I lived in defiance and I hated it, wasn't nearly as fast as this cable I got now. I just hope that timer warner doesn't create a cap...I watch netflix, listen to rhapsody music, I stream music videos, on top of mmo gaming. Not sure how much bandwidth I use, but sure seams like its alot. Not to mention some of the wow patches can be gigs at a time, and I plain on try rift out and maybe even a few other free to play mmos.
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maxyme
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Posted: 20 Mar 2011 at 6:10pm |
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yea i've heard good things about them but when i had comcast for 2 years it never went out and att internet has gone out twice in a few years.
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police215
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Posted: 20 Mar 2011 at 9:22pm |
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This is why DS 's forums are so great. The feed back is first class. Anyway, I'm all about moving up to cable. But since my wife gets the DSL oretty much from free, it hard to pay more for it. I download pretty much at 650kb max depanding what i'm connected too. Its reliable and have really no complaints except I'm ready for someting faster. U-verse is not availble in my area yet, and Im hoping it will be soon!!! I just have been reading was of boosting the connection, but i dont trust the website that are gining the information. Edited by police215 - 20 Mar 2011 at 9:22pm |
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police215
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maxyme
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Posted: 20 Mar 2011 at 9:41pm |
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I have uverse with 6mbps or 12. I have 6
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maxyme
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Checked the att website and they changed it and i'm getting some screwy results. A month ago i went to the store and they said we could upgrade to 12mbps and we currently are at 6 even though i said we are getting 2 they said well thats that... So now online it says were getting 3 and we can upgrade to 6... I'm confused. But idc because upload sucks with dsl and i will need it for youtube... Going for the 15mbps plan so i'll have 3mbps upload 
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Divine
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Posted: 20 Mar 2011 at 10:12pm |
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Not sure if this is good or not, did the test 3 times got around the same result each time. Edited by Divine - 20 Mar 2011 at 10:13pm |
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maxyme
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Posted: 20 Mar 2011 at 10:18pm |
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Well ping means nothing because its mostly the servers but wow nice download but crappy upload speed... |
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police215
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Posted: 20 Mar 2011 at 10:19pm |
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Tomorrow I will test my connection... Divine you have cable right? I live in Cleveland Ohio so we are close
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maxyme
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Posted: 20 Mar 2011 at 10:20pm |
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Doesn't look like he does since upload sucks so much.
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RiceEatin2000GT
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Posted: 20 Mar 2011 at 10:21pm |
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you gets know theres a diffrence between Mb/s and MB/s right? 14 Mb(megabit) is roughly 1.75 MB/s(megabyte).
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Divine
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Posted: 20 Mar 2011 at 10:23pm |
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yea, im at lima ohio...probably would get better speeds if I got roadrunner with turbo...but im fine with what I got, talking with my friend who has turbo shared that site...hes getting 19.31mb down 3.47mb up with their turbo service. Not sure how this all calculates out, but ive never had a problem downloading something quick. I download full movies all the time from various sites before they even hit the theater lol
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RiceEatin2000GT
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Posted: 20 Mar 2011 at 10:23pm |
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<3 optimum online boost
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maxyme
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Posted: 20 Mar 2011 at 10:24pm |
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Yea but we all know three is no way att has that fast internet our fast internet at all
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Unlicensedhitman
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Posted: 21 Mar 2011 at 12:54am |
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I have AT&T DSL Pro Package.
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Fios baby  Edited by DST4ME - 21 Mar 2011 at 4:31am |
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Posted: 21 Mar 2011 at 4:00am |
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I hate you DST, and I hate the fact that both Verison and ATT have fiber all around the little valley I live in but show no interest of actually coming in with that optical goodness any time soon.
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LOL to be honest I have yet to see any server I download from actually support faster then 5mbps.
would you hate me more if I told you I have actually 2 isps in my house? verison and RCN   both are fios Edited by DST4ME - 21 Mar 2011 at 4:21am |
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Divine
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Posted: 21 Mar 2011 at 5:18am |
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Jesus, just checked on pricing for that...could never afford fios! Im fine with what I got, pages are instant and ive never noticed slow speeds on downloading.
http://www22.verizon.com/residential/fiosinternet#plans |
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maxyme
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Posted: 21 Mar 2011 at 8:52am |
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Holy sh!t dst! That's awesome upload and download!
What does fios use? cable? Man $70 a month I would love to have that! What do you use it for? |
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Posted: 21 Mar 2011 at 9:08am |
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Back home I have around 50mbs Download and 35mps upload, Comcast!
Much better than ATT in my opinion. |
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RiceEatin2000GT
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Posted: 21 Mar 2011 at 1:11pm |
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yea same here my 30/5 connection i very rarley will ever download that fast obviously because the places you download from just dont have that bandwidth for one person. Although ill see 3 MB/s all the time |
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I would love to download at 3 MB/s! I download at 300 KB/s.  Edited by Unlicensedhitman - 22 Mar 2011 at 12:16am |
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fios = fiber optics. I use it for uploading files to my site so you good people can directly download files from us at KTL with no wait or problems, I share lot of files on the torrent network, I download lot of stuff, etc. |
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maxyme
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Posted: 22 Mar 2011 at 8:49am |
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that would be nice. I upload a max of 20mbstuff to my site but out takes forever!
Soon I'll be doing big 1080p mp4s... that'll be a pain... |
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