Help! ATT DSL Sales Weird Math
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Posted by on June 5, 2008, 10:16 pm
Please log in for more thread options answered before buying their "Basic" 768K DSL. After one of those nightmarish jack-arounds that lasted for nearly twenty minutes without getting my question answered, I hung up on the creep and didn't buy...but listen to what he told me, during what was one of the most relentless bait-and-switch efforts I have EVER encountered: The 768K Basic DSL is "only slightly faster than dialup." [!!!] ATT's site says "10X faster than dialup." Who's lying at ATT? But a nominal 768K DSL should be almost 15X faster than a nominal 54K v.90 modem (especially in advertising puffery), right? Can anyone explain this mystery math? Thanks! | |||||||||||||
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Posted by ps56k on June 5, 2008, 10:40 pm
Please log in for more thread options not sure - anyway, try DSLreports for any ATT discussions. http://www.dslreports.com/forums/58 Order now for $19.95 per month. Perplexed@remailer.metacolo.com wrote: - BTW, you do realize that ADSL download and upload have different speeds ? and that a modem is "usually" running at 33.6... unless one end is a digital termination. So 10x is about right for upload, and 22x for download or 15x for combined :) ATT website snipet ---->
Our AT&T High Speed Internet Basic is up to 10x faster than dial-up-at a great low price. A great package for those who use the Internet primarily for email and small downloads of 1MB or less. More customers have chosen AT&T than any other high-speed Internet provider.* IP Address: 1 Dynamic Downstream Speed: Up to 768 Kbps Upstream Speed: Up to 384 Kbps | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Hactar on June 6, 2008, 2:07 am
Please log in for more thread options > Today I made the mistake of calling ATT to get a simple question
> answered before buying their "Basic" 768K DSL. After one of > those nightmarish jack-arounds that lasted for nearly twenty > minutes without getting my question answered, I hung up on the > creep and didn't buy...but listen to what he told me, during what > was one of the most relentless bait-and-switch efforts I have EVER > encountered: > > The 768K Basic DSL is "only slightly faster than dialup." [!!!] > > ATT's site says "10X faster than dialup." > > Who's lying at ATT? > > But a nominal 768K DSL should be almost 15X faster than a nominal > 54K v.90 modem (especially in advertising puffery), right? > > Can anyone explain this mystery math? I think you're assuming "best case" and he's giving you "worst case" figures. Note also that (as others have said) a "56k" modem is only 33.6k _or less_ for uploading. -- -eben QebWenE01R@vTerYizUonI.nOetP royalty.mine.nu:81 TAURUS: You will never find true happiness - what you gonna do, cry about it? The stars predict tomorrow you'll wake up, do a bunch of stuff and then go back to sleep. -- Weird Al | |||||||||||||
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> answered before buying their "Basic" 768K DSL. After one of
> those nightmarish jack-arounds that lasted for nearly twenty
> minutes without getting my question answered, I hung up on the
> creep and didn't buy...but listen to what he told me, during what
> was one of the most relentless bait-and-switch efforts I have EVER
> encountered:
>
> The 768K Basic DSL is "only slightly faster than dialup." [!!!]
>
> ATT's site says "10X faster than dialup."
>
> Who's lying at ATT?
>
> But a nominal 768K DSL should be almost 15X faster than a nominal
> 54K v.90 modem (especially in advertising puffery), right?
>
> Can anyone explain this mystery math?
>
> Thanks!