The best down speed I was getting from DSLExtreme was 681 kbps. I contacted their technical support who, in turn, contacted Verizon, my telephone company.
Verizon sent out a technician who found troubles in both their lines and in my in-house wiring. After fixing these, my down speed was 1372 kbps! The technician reported in to his superior, who suggested that throughput would be further improved by 'provisioning' lower to reduce bottlenecks. I said "OK", so this was done at the central office. My down speed now is 716 kbps. Verizon said I can have this changed back if I choose.
I checked with DSLExtreme's technical support, who concurred with Verizon.
Should I have the provisioning reversed, or leave it as is?
Can someone explain what is meant by 'bottleneck' and 'provisioning'?
By the way, Verizon's central office is more than 13000 feet away from me, but their collector box is only about 1500 feet away.
Many thanks.