Hi I just hooked up DSL COnnection, Im Ran a couple speed tests and the speeds are medicaore. They told me to keep my modem on for 10 Days Stright. IS this when the conenction speed will be faster.
I did the test at the following site:
It sounds like you're making the classic case of confusing a kilobit with a kilobyte. How much are you paying for? If you're getting a reading of say 29K, that would indicate something on the neighborhood of a 384K DSL package, give or take. In other words, it's not bad at all.
What you're seeming to think is that it's about equivalent to a modem; even a 56K modem at best gets only about 7K/sec.
What is the speed of your connection? 70-80% of that (upstream or downstream) is probably the best you'll get.
The Speed on My Connectioni s 1.5 MEG from SBC Yahoo DSL
When i had cable to i was getting 4 Times This, I switched becaues the cable kept Going in and out, but this is just not good at all.
Is that 'up to 1.5M' (typical DSL connection), or 1.5 and up (premium package)? Speeds generally increase as the modem 'learns' the connection during the first ten days; actual speed depends on various effects, many due to the distance, by wire, to the central office. That's why DSL is usually marketed as 'up to 1.5', with a minimum speed of 384. The premioum services are limited to those within a distance that allows for higher speeds.
It may depend upon how far you are from CO (central office) or RT (remote terminal). Leave your modem on (does not matter if PC is on) for 10 days and see if it improves.
That is still faster and cheaper (if you got $14.95 rate) than most dialup services, and includes dialup if the DSL ever goes down or you travel (you are allowed 1 DSL and 1 dialup at same time).
If your speed does not improve in 10 days, register on
What? 29KB/s is *much* faster than dialup. Perhaps you are confusing KB/s with Kb/s? (bits versus bytes)
DS
29K is slower than Dial-Up.
The same site tells me 2.6MB. My router says I am connected at 3.25MB.
"David Schwartz" wrote
I guess it IS hard to keep them straight, isn't it, Dave? ;-)
KB/s vs Kb/s (Bytes vs bits), eh?
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