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reboot · 04-22-2003, 12:12 PM

I'm not the one generalizing, but I do get your point.
Everyone I know of that has DSL here, is getting nowhere near the advertised speeds, and not even remotely close to the average cable speeds.
They rave about how good it is (it's down at least once a week), they rave about how fast it is (it's capped at 512 in most cases, and users are averaging 300).
Not one of them can stream live video.
Having a cap of 1500 (is that standard in the US?), it would be interesting to see just what users are really getting.
How does price compare?
How does uptime compare?
How does support compare?

04-22-2003, 12:12 PM	#14
reboot Member (14 bit) Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Kelowna, B.C., Canada Posts: 9,138	I'm not the one generalizing, but I do get your point. Everyone I know of that has DSL here, is getting nowhere near the advertised speeds, and not even remotely close to the average cable speeds. They rave about how good it is (it's down at least once a week), they rave about how fast it is (it's capped at 512 in most cases, and users are averaging 300). Not one of them can stream live video. Having a cap of 1500 (is that standard in the US?), it would be interesting to see just what users are really getting. How does price compare? How does uptime compare? How does support compare? __________________ Black holes are where God divided by zero... Cheers, Jim Jims Modems