Re: Do these numbers sound correct to you?


"Vincent" <animedreamer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
Don't you mean multiply by 8?

No, I meant exactly what I said. 10 is easier and I did say "ballpark".

Not to rant on the subject, but why
would anyone purchase DSL, then?

1) It's the only thing available (no cable service)
2) In some markets, it is cheaper.
3) It is not (generally) prone to overload by having too many customers
assigned in a neighborhood node.
4) In many markets, the service is better as the Phone Techs. actually know
what data transmission IS, as opposed to the cable companies who haven't
quite figured it out yet.

When I was on cable at a former
residence, I was pulling 550k down and paying less.


Well, there you go. Crabbing at me for not being precise in my
bytes-to-bits conversion and THEN quoting a download speed without
specifying the unit of measure!

At my former residence with cable service, my speed would drop to half or
less from 4pm to midnight.


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