but does anyone here use speakeasy.net dsl? are they any good?
On Sunday 23 June 2002 10:49 pm, Daniel Katz wrote:
> : Daniel Brown wrote on Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 09:49:08PM -0500:
> :
> > On Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 08:47:15PM -0500, Daniel Katz wrote:
> > > : Shahid I Malik wrote on Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 03:25:39PM -0500:
> > > :
> > > > i have swbell dsl. service is fine never any outages, i hear
> > > > techsupport really sucks but i have never needed to call it. the one
> > > > thing that sucks is that its pppoe. but if you use a router like i
> > > > am then its just like using dhcp... i get like 135-150 downloading
> > > > and uploading is 15kbs. if you are uploading every computer on your
> > > > lan will be horribly slow (the shared net connection). if im
> > > > uploading and want to browse www pages its like modem speed.
> > >
> > > Unlike Shahid, I have the ability to press enter at least every 72
> > > columns. (grr)
> > >
> > > Anyway, I live in the same complex as Shahid and I monitor the
> > > performance a little bit more carefully. Over the last six months
> > > we've had three outages. One for more than a couple hours. When
> > > calling SWB tech support I got a recorded message saying:
> > >
> > > "We are currently aware for outages in the
> > > following areas {..pause..} TEXAS".
> > >
> > > I found much amusement in that. Other than that service is good.
> > > It's not as good as what they claim it to be.
> > >
> > > I *HIGHLY* suggest getting a newer router with QoS (Quailty of
> > > Service) capabilities if you're planning on sharing the
> > > line at all.
> > >
> > > My roommate and I will have incredible latency problems (in the
> > > arena of 200+ms to SWB's servers (worse to UT Campus)
> > > (Ref: 28.8 modems get ~120) if one of us is running something like
> > > AudioGalaxy (RIP) or Kazaa and downloading at <15K/s.
> > >
> > > All in all they've got pretty good service.
> >
> > with full uploads running (cable, 40-50k/s), my ping rests anywhere
> > between 700 and 1200 ms. QoS might be the ticket that i heard on irc (as
> > opposed to the aforementioned fair queueing)
>
> QoS RULES the school..
>
> You can set very simple traffic balancing such as: If a Nth user starts
> using traffic, make sure he has at least 1/N potential bandwidth.
>
> You can also limit machines and set other machines to have higher
> priorities.
>
> All the 'newer' routers coming out have some QoS. I wouldn't go out and
> buy a Cisco 2600 series anytime soon though.
>
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