They're probabaly oversubscribed since they're the only provider.rhody said:As silly as this sounds, if they changed their offer to the 3Mbps would that satisfy you ? I doubt it. Second, based on their technology, what is the best speed that could be achieved to their customer base ? Do noisy ancient phone lines contribute to the problem ? I imagine that they would.
Rhody...
I live only a mile from the switch, and the copper pair comes up shining every time. The problem is not on my end. TDS http://www.tdstelecom.com/?eid=276&gclid=COeD3tz-1qsCFULe4AodLwT0TA sells more bandwidth than they can provide and throttles customers. This is not about net neutrality in the sense that an ISP throttles access to certain providers. My complaint is about dishonest ISPs that promise more bandwidth than they can possibly deliver and then throttle their clients to reduce their costs. If you are promising 5Mbsp to X customers, then you should be willing to pay for 5Mbps times X customers worth of traffic across the Internet's backbone. If not, you are cheating all the customers. Please watch "The Producers" to see how creeps use over-selling to enrich themselves.rhody said:As silly as this sounds, if they changed their offer to the 3Mbps would that satisfy you ? I doubt it. Second, based on their technology, what is the best speed that could be achieved to their customer base ? Do noisy ancient phone lines contribute to the problem ? I imagine that they would.
Rhody...
rhody said:I ran speak easy last night from San Fran 29.3 Mb download and 5.7 Mb upload.
turbo said:My complaint is about dishonest ISPs that promise more bandwidth than they can possibly deliver and then throttle their clients to reduce their costs.
Their dsl modem? What do you mean?DoggerDan said:\I thought that was happening with me when I moved here from Florida over the summer, but I discovered when I connect my computer directly to their DSL modem, I get 38 Mbps.
What do you mean "connect directly to the internet"?Of course I don't feel comfortable connecting directly to the Internet, so I accept the loss. For now.
Evo said:Their dsl modem? What do you mean?
What do you mean "connect directly to the internet"?
ISP's don't have modems for dsl. You pay for shared connectivity to their service, along with all the rest of their customers.DoggerDan said:My ISP's DSL modem. They own it. I rent it.
If you're using a wireless router at home, your connection still leaves your house via the phone line, same as if you just used your regular dsl modem/router. I've heard of people having issues with their wireless routers degrading service, but that's just at your house. You're still directly connecting to your ISP.As in the most direct route available, bypassing my wireless access point. I'm sure it goes through a few more connections handled by my ISP.
Evo said:ISP's don't have modems for dsl.
If you're using a wireless router at home, your connection still leaves your house via the phone line...
I've heard of people having issues with their wireless routers degrading service, but that's just at your house. You're still directly connecting to your ISP.