Re: Does DSL Speed Correlate With POTS Speed?

Harry Dodsworth wrote in :

I had the same worries when I switched from a 2-wire leased line which had trouble staying at 33k6 after rainy days (56k requires special digital equipment at the ISP end of the line so I was limited to 33k6 and two leased-line modems) to ADSL (named 'mxstream by kpn' in those days).

Either I was very lucky (the ADSL service was on a different pair which had ISDN with no bit-errors at all) or ADSL is affected in different ways than analog modems.

I have monitored the ADSL stats for that line for years, using scripts you can find at

if you happen to have a speedtouch home modem and perl. The 'maximum line rate' reported was always very high, around 7 megabit. The used line rate was ofcourse lower, limited to what the subscription said.

This in a Dutch city with its high population density and short distances to exchanges.

Koos van den Hout

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