[TriLUG] Re: Time To Ditch RoadRunner?

[Ben Pitzer]

http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,9486129~mode=flat

And just so y'all know, I posted nothing in this thread whatsoever, but
there is a good deal of truth in it.  As for "the real potential of ADSL",
know that that potential is only as real as your proximity to the CO.  If
you were able to get 6Mbps, you were most likely very close to yours.  Folks
who live more than a mile away aren't even going to get close to 6Mbps, I
can assure you.

Yeah, I know I'm biased, but facts is facts.

Regards,
Ben Pitzer

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org]On
> Behalf Of Ryan Leathers
> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 8:14 AM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Re: Time To Ditch RoadRunner?
>
>
> I now have RR, but when I had BS ADSL I noted that my modem trained up
> at 6Mbps.  Of course they rate limited me to 1.5Mbps, but it was a hoot
> to see the real potential of ADSL.
>
> On Sun, 2004-03-07 at 14:06, Turnpike Man wrote:
> > No consumer DSL is 3MB download as far as I know... (but I
> don't know much
> > here) ... I'm on RR in Raleigh and I've downloaded around
> 367KB/s from dulug
> > for updates, just FYI.
> >
> > David M.
> >
> > --- Peter Long <petelong at petelong.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > ronnie ballard said:
> > > > hello mike, i live in burlington  and i have been on
> roadrunner since
> > > > 2001 and i have noticed in the last six months it takes
> forever to get
> > > > my home page to come up, has roadrunner slowed down that
> much. please
> > > > let me know what i need to do to get back fast enternet speed.
> > >
> > > I have actually found that my download bandwidth had increase 50% as
> > > advertised by RR. I used to get about 200KB/s and recently I
> managed to
> > > download something at around 320KB/s. I have not run very
> extensive tests
> > > but so far I have nothing to complain about. Here in Durham I am very
> > > happy with my RR.
> > >
> > > BTW: Is there even DSL service available out there that gives
> you the same
> > > bandwidth for a similar price?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Peter Long
> > >
> > >
> > >
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