Re: Does DSL Speed Correlate With POTS Speed?

I'm thinking of getting DSL. It is available in my area now with a

> download speed of 3 Mb/s (to my number and neighbours). > However the best connection speed I can get over my phone line with a 56k > modem is 31.2 kb/s. With the same computer I was able to connect to > freenet at 48k over long distance from Toronto. > As my POTS line isn't the best, can I still get a good DSL > connection?

Probably not a lot of correlation. There are a number of reasons why a dialup connection might be slow -- involving CO characteristics, and any line concentrators or remote D to A converters used to group multiple subscriber lines onto one high speed link to the CO. Julian Thomas:

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