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Old 05-03-2008, 01:09 AM   #2 (permalink)
johnhook
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Re: transgressing bandwidth limits

digitalmohsin,

It's impossible for me or anyone to give you a clear, definitive answer to your question without knowing more about your hardware and physical distance from your DSL provider's Central Office. DSL technology is limited by physical distance from the DSLAM, the DSL concentrator which is located at your hub or central office. The closer your are to this equipment, the faster speeds you can attain. The futher away, the more limited you are in your max upstream/downstream speeds.

NO DSL provider can promise you speeds without first establishing these limitations.

In addition, there are other issues which can limit your DSL throughput including the hardware you're using on the client side (YOUR DSL modem), the profile configured for your connection on the DSLAM (telco side) as well as wiring and other issues.

In the best of cases, speeds of around 6Mbps can be attained on optimal DSL connections with minimal interferance and close proximity to the C.O. 2Mbps would be considered good. Bad DSL connections can get 128-512Kbps on the low-end side, but 24Kbps is basically dial-up speed, which I would consider unacceptable on ANY DSL connection.

Check out:

www.dslreports.com

for very helpful and detailed information about ANYTHING broadband, including specific DSL providers, hardware and technology.

Please reply with more information and I may be able to provide more information.

- John
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