Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!panix!not-for-mail From: retsuhcs@xinap.moc (Mike S.) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.xdsl Subject: Re: 1 Mb download speeds. Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 01:05:23 +0000 (UTC) Organization: What? ME organized? Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: panix5.panix.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1331687123 14456 166.84.1.5 (14 Mar 2012 01:05:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 01:05:23 +0000 (UTC) X-Email-Address: If Backwards, Reverse The Letters X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) Xref: csiph.com comp.dcom.xdsl:42 In article , Rich Greenberg wrote: >In article , >Ant wrote: >>Hi. >> >>I noticed my area finally can get DSL? It says maximum speed is only 1 >>Mb/sec. In the past, I could never get DSL due to 20K ft. distance to CO >>but now I can? Did DSL technology finally improve to get something? > >Possibly, but its more likely they put a remote into your area with >fiber back to the CO. > >But as Bert says, 1mb is SLOW DSL. Perhaps the fiber to the CO is >already overloaded. SHOULD be cheaper than usual DSL. 1mb is Verizon's bottom-tier DSL. It's not necessarily an issue of overload or distance from the CO; they offer 6mb standard service over the same lines. I set this up for my elderly mom as an upgrade from dial-up AOL. For her it's a tremendous increment in reliability and the speed is adequate for her ... at less monthly cost than AOL dialup.